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 superseded combination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 2025-09-11
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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 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 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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