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Vokesimurex messorius

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Murex messorius was named by Sowerby (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 1964-349, a shell.

It was recombined as Murex (Haustellum) messorius by Trechmann (1933) and Vokes (1989); it was recombined as Murex (Murex) messorius by Vokes (1963); it was recombined as Vokesimurex messorius by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonyms

Murex sutilis was named by White (1887). Its type specimen is No number, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Murex (Murex) sutilis by Vokes (1963); it was synonymized subjectively with Vokesimurex messorius by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Murex (Murex) woodringi was named by Clench and Pérez Farfante (1945). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Murex (Murex) recurvirostris by Woodring (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Murex (Murex) messorius by Vokes (1963); it was synonymized subjectively with Vokesimurex messorius by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Murex nigrescens was named by Sowerby (1841). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Vokesimurex messorius by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Murex funiculatus was named by Reeve (1845). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Vokesimurex messorius by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Murex samui was named by Sunderland (2003). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Vokesimurex messorius by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1841	Murex messorius Sowerby figs. pl. 194, fig. 93
1841	Murex nigrescens Sowerby II p. 198 figs. fig. 113
1845	Murex funiculatus Reeve figs. pl. 19, fig. 74
1887	Murex sutilis White p. 137 figs. pl. 11, fig. 11
1911	Murex messorius Brown and Pilsbry p. 352
1917	Murex messorius Maury p. 101
1922	Murex messorius Olsson p. 131
1933	Murex (Haustellum) messorius Trechmann p. 38
1945	Murex (Murex) woodringi Clench and Pérez Farfante p. 9 figs. pl. 4, figs. 1-3
1960	Murex messorius Barrios p. 279
1963	Murex (Murex) messorius Vokes p. 103
1963	Murex (Murex) sutilis Vokes p. 103
1989	Murex (Haustellum) messorius Vokes p. 25
2003	Murex samui Sunderland figs. pl. 16
2010	Vokesimurex messorius Landau and Marques da Silva p. 62

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Muricinae	da Costa 1776
genus	Vokesimurex	Petuch 1994
species	messorius	(Sowerby 1841)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841

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Invalid names: Murex (Murex) woodringi Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945 [synonym], Murex funiculatus Reeve 1845 [synonym], Murex nigrescens Sowerby II 1841 [synonym], Murex samui Sunderland 2003 [synonym], Murex sutilis White 1887 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available