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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Vokesimurex bellus (Reeve, 1845)


Range: 17°N to 12°N; 82°W to 76°W
Depth: 21 to 21 m (live 21 to 21 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80  mm

Synonymy

Murex bellus Reeve, 1845
Haustellum bellus (Reeve, 1845) 

Details


Murex bellus Reeve, 1845c, pl. 21, fig. 84
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 17°N to 12°N; 82°W to 76°W
Depth: 21 m (live 21 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm
Distribution: Honduras, Colombia; Jamaica: Pedro Bank
References: Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945) s (of ^H. chrysostoma^); Petuch (1994) vc; García (1995) NSEW{M}; Sunderland, Sunderland & Riccio (2003) DdLlM
Combining Genera:  Haustellum


Partial List of References

Reeve, L. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex Conchologia Iconica 3 pls. 1-34

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