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Aspella vokesiana Houart, 1983
404887 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404887)
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Houart, R. (1983). Three new tropical muricacean species (Gastropoda: Muricidae). <em>Venus.</em> 42 (1): 26-33., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjm/42/1/42_KJ00004343014/_pdf/-char/en
page(s): 31, pl. 1, figs. 5-6 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 31, pl. 1, figs. 5-6 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Madagascan part of the Mozambique Channel
, Note Tulear, out slope of big reef, 36 meters
type locality contained in Madagascan part of the Mozambique Channel [details]
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Type locality Tulear, out slope of big reef, 36 meters [details]
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist/malacologist, Emily Hoskins Vokes (1930-****).
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist/malacologist, Emily Hoskins Vokes (1930-****). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aspella vokesiana Houart, 1983. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404887 on 2025-09-11
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Houart, R. (1983). Three new tropical muricacean species (Gastropoda: Muricidae). <em>Venus.</em> 42 (1): 26-33., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjm/42/1/42_KJ00004343014/_pdf/-char/en
page(s): 31, pl. 1, figs. 5-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 208 [details]
additional source Houart, R. (1985). Report on Muricidae (Gastropoda) recently dredged in the south-western Indian Ocean-II. List of Species with Remark and Illustration. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 44(4):239-248. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 71, pl. S190 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Houart, R. (2019). Description of <i>Aspella lorenzi</i> n. sp. (Gastropoda: Muricinae: Aspellinae) from the northern Red Sea. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 148 (1): 93-100.
page(s): Figs 5G-I [details]
identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
page(s): 31, pl. 1, figs. 5-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 208 [details]
additional source Houart, R. (1985). Report on Muricidae (Gastropoda) recently dredged in the south-western Indian Ocean-II. List of Species with Remark and Illustration. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 44(4):239-248. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 71, pl. S190 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Houart, R. (2019). Description of <i>Aspella lorenzi</i> n. sp. (Gastropoda: Muricinae: Aspellinae) from the northern Red Sea. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 148 (1): 93-100.
page(s): Figs 5G-I [details]
identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
