Vokesimurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus Vokesimurex include:
- Vokesimurex aliquantulus <small>Houart & Héros, 2015</small>
- Vokesimurex anniae <small>(M. Smith, 1940)</small>
- Vokesimurex bayeri <small>Petuch, 2001</small>
- Vokesimurex bazarutensis <small>S. G. Veldsman & J. H. Veldsman, 2021</small>
- Vokesimurex blakeanus <small>(Vokes, 1967)</small>
- Vokesimurex bobyini <small>(Kosuge, 1983)</small>
- Vokesimurex cabritii <small>(Bernardi, 1859)</small>
- Vokesimurex chrysostoma <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)</small>
- â Vokesimurex coulsoni <small>(Ladd, 1977)</small>
- Vokesimurex danilai <small>(Houart, 1992)</small>
- Vokesimurex dentifer <small>(Watson, 1883)</small>
- Vokesimurex dolichourus <small>(Ponder & Vokes, 1988)</small>
- Vokesimurex donmoorei <small>(Bullis, 1964)</small>
- Vokesimurex elenensis <small>(Dall, 1909)</small>
- Vokesimurex gallinago <small>(G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)</small>
- Vokesimurex garciai <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small>
- Vokesimurex hamanni <small>(Myers & Hertz, 1994)</small>
- Vokesimurex hirasei <small>(Dautzenberg, 1915)</small>
- Vokesimurex kiiensis <small>(Kira, 1959)</small>
- Vokesimurex lividus <small>(Carpenter, 1857)</small>
- Vokesimurex malabaricus <small>(E. A. Smith, 1894)</small>
- Vokesimurex messorius <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)</small>
- Vokesimurex micropurdyae <small>Houart & Rosado, 2018</small>
- Vokesimurex mindanaoensis <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)</small>
- Vokesimurex multiplicatus <small>(G.B. Sowerby III, 1895)</small>
- â Vokesimurex nasongoensis <small>(Ladd, 1977)</small>
- Vokesimurex olssoni <small>(Vokes, 1967)</small>
- Vokesimurex parkrynieensis <small>S. G. Veldsman & J. H. Veldsman, 2021</small>
- Vokesimurex purdyae <small>(Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976)</small>
- Vokesimurex rectaspira <small>Houart & Héros, 2015</small>
- Vokesimurex rectirostris <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)</small>
- Vokesimurex recurvirostris <small>(Broderip, 1833)</small>
- Vokesimurex rubidus <small>(F. C. Baker, 1897)</small>
- Vokesimurex ruthae <small>(Vokes, 1988)</small>
- Vokesimurex sallasi <small>(Rehder & Abbott, 1951)</small>
- Vokesimurex samui <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small>
- Vokesimurex sobrinus <small>(A. Adams, 1863)</small>
- Vokesimurex tricoronis <small>(Berry, 1960)</small>
- Vokesimurex tryoni <small>(Hidalgo in Tryon, 1880)</small>
- â Vokesimurex wanneri <small>(K. Martin, 1916)</small>
- Vokesimurex woodringi <small>(Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)</small>
- Vokesimurex yuhsiuae <small>Houart, 2014</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Vokesimurex bellegladeensis (E. H. Vokes, 1963): synonym of Vokesimurex sallasi (<small>Rehder & Abbott, 1951)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Vokesimurex bellus (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Vokesimurex chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
- Vokesimurex coriolis (Houart, 1990): synonym of Vokesimurex dentifer coriolis (Houart, 1990) represented as Vokesimurex dentifer (Watson, 1883)
- Vokesimurex lindajoycae (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Vokesimurex anniae (M. Smith, 1940)
- Vokesimurex morrisoni Petuch & Sargent, 2011: synonym of Vokesimurex bellegladeensis (E. H. Vokes, 1963)
- Vokesimurex tweedianus (Macpherson, 1962): synonym of Haustellum tweedianum (Macpherson, 1962)
References
- Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.