WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)

AphiaID

405235 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:405235)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Vokesimurex Petuch, 1994

Original name

Murex woodringi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945

Synonymised names

Murex messorius var. gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969 · unaccepted

Murex woodringi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex woodringi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945) Clench, W. J. & Pérez Farfante, I. (1945). The genus Murex in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 1(17): 1-58, pls 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41114099 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405235 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-23 13:02:48Z

created

Houart, Roland

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex woodringi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945) Clench, W. J. & Pérez Farfante, I. (1945). The genus Murex in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 1(17): 1-58, pls 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41114099 [details]

original description (of Murex messorius var. gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969) Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls.
page(s): 15 [details]

basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp. [details]