Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959)

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 442

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491331
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scientific name	Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959)
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Vokesimurex kiiensis (Kira, 1959) View in CoL

Fig. 1H

Murex kiiensis Kira, 1959: 58 View in CoL , pl. 23, fig. 10.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. BORDAU 1: stn DW 1494, 18°55’S, 178°29’W, 240-319 m, 1 lv, 1 dd GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Japan, the Philippines and now Fiji (new record), live in 240-319 m.

REMARKS. — Vokesimurex kiiensis has a conical, multispiral protoconch, short, blunt, shoulder spines, and crowded, short, blunt spines (ADP, MP, ABP and occasionally EAB1; see Table 1 for explanation of terms) at the base of the siphonal canal.