Vokesimurex multiplicatus (G. B. Sowerby Iii 1895)

Vokesimurex multiplicatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

There are two subspecies:

• Vokesimurex multiplicatus bantamensis (Martin, 1895) (synonyms: Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis (Martin, 1895); Murex (Haustellum) bantamensis var. oostinghi Wissema, 1947; Murex bantamensis Martin, 1895)
• Vokesimurex multiplicatus multiplicatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1895): common name: multiplicate snipe's bill, (synonym: † Murex embryoliratus P.J. Fischer, 1927 )

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs mainly off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), but has also been found off Papua New Guinea, the Moluccas and Java.

References

• Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1895. Descriptions of nine new species of shells. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1(5): 214–217
• Brazier, J. 1877. List of marine shells, with descriptions of the new species collected during the 'Chevert' Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(3): 169–181
• Ponder, W.F. & Vokes, E.H. 1988. A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum 8: 1–160
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp