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Vokesimurex tricoronis (Berry, 1960)

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 514 [as Murex recurvirostris tricoronis]
  • Radwin & D'Attilio (1976) Murex shells of the world. An illustrated guide to the Muricidae. - p. 66, pl. 13: 1 [as Murex elenensis]
  • Hertz (1999) Illustration of the types named by S. Stillman Berry in his "Leaflets in Malacology" revised. - p. 25
  • Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 103
  • Houart (2014) Living Muricidae of the World - Muricinae - Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. - p. 80
  • Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 219
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 114

Statistics

Frequencyrare - 7 localities (3.55 %)
Sediment59 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The literature indicates a maximum length of 78mm; beach specimens remain below 65mm.

Images

Length 63.9mm.

Length 63.9mm.

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