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Vokesimurex tryoni
Vokesimurex tryoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
From the article Vokesimurex tryoni on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The length of the shell attains 28 mm. (Original description) The shell shows three compressed varices. Those of the body whorl contain three short, sharp spines; on the spire there is a single spine upon each. There is a spine on the siphonal canal below each varix. The siphonal canal is moderate in length and is straight. The shell contains seven whorls, the two first smooth, the others with eight or nine very small, narrow longitudinal ribs crossed by numerous revolving lines forming tubercles at the intersections. The color of the shell is whitish.
Range & habitat
This marine species occurs off Florida and the Lesser Antilles.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 292614.