Vokesimurex kiiensis

Vokesimurex kiiensis, common name Kii murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description
Shell of Vokesimurex kiiensis can reach a length of 50 - 100 mm. This species has a conical, multispiral protoconch, short shoulder spines and short, crowded, blunt spines at the base of the siphonal canal.

Distribution
This marine species is present from the Philippines, Indonesia and the East China Sea; from Southern Japan, the Fiji Islands, Papua New Guinea to Queensland, Australia, at depth of about 100 m. ; also off Madagascar.