MolluscaBase taxon details
Vokesimurex chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
405199 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:405199)
accepted
Species
Haustellum chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex bellus Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex chrysostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)
Vokesimurex bellus (Reeve, 1845) · unaccepted
marine
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vokesimurex chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405199 on 2025-09-15
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original description
(of Murex bellus Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364
page(s): pl. 21, species no. 84 [details]
redescription Houart, R. (2014). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp. [details]
page(s): pl. 21, species no. 84 [details]
redescription Houart, R. (2014). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Murex chrysostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
To Conchology (Vokesimurex chrysostoma)
To Malacopics (Vokesimurex chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Venezuela, Falcon, Peninsula de Paraguaná, Punta Cardon, in low algae, at 18 m depth, collected 1983-10-13, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Vokesimurex chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Venezuela, Sucre, Isla Margarita, Porlamar region, in silt and mud, at.3 m depth, collected May 1988, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NHMUK collection (Murex bellus Reeve, 1845; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3505901) (from synonym Murex bellus Reeve, 1845)
To NHMUK collection (Murex chrysostoma Sowerby II, 1834; POSSIBLE TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3505903) (from synonym Murex chrysostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
To Conchology (Vokesimurex chrysostoma)
To Malacopics (Vokesimurex chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Venezuela, Falcon, Peninsula de Paraguaná, Punta Cardon, in low algae, at 18 m depth, collected 1983-10-13, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Vokesimurex chrysostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Venezuela, Sucre, Isla Margarita, Porlamar region, in silt and mud, at.3 m depth, collected May 1988, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NHMUK collection (Murex bellus Reeve, 1845; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3505901) (from synonym Murex bellus Reeve, 1845)
To NHMUK collection (Murex chrysostoma Sowerby II, 1834; POSSIBLE TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3505903) (from synonym Murex chrysostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
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