Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combinations: Murex (Haustellum) messorius, Murex (Murex) messorius, Murex messorius

Synonyms: Murex (Murex) sutilis White 1887, Murex (Murex) woodringi Clench and PĂ©rez Farfante 1945, Murex funiculatus Reeve 1845, Murex nigrescens Sowerby II 1841, Murex samui Sunderland 2003, Murex sutilis White 1887

Belongs to Vokesimurex according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Barrios 1960, Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Maury 1917, Olsson 1922, Vokes 1963, Vokes 1989 and Woodring 1959

Sister taxa: Vokesimurex anniae, Vokesimurex bellegladeensis, Vokesimurex cabritii, Vokesimurex chrysostoma, Vokesimurex polynematicus, Vokesimurex recurvirostris, Vokesimurex rubidus, Vokesimurex sallasi, Vokesimurex tryoni

Type specimens:

  • Vokesimurex messorius: BMNH 1964-349, a shell
  • Murex (Murex) woodringi:
  • Murex funiculatus:
  • Murex nigrescens:
  • Murex samui:
  • Murex sutilis: No number, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (8), Jamaica (3), Panama (1), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (10)

• Miocene of Brazil (2), Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (55), Haiti (2), Mexico (1), Panama (4), Puerto Rico (3), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)

Total: 99 collections including 100 occurrences

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