Vokesimurex olssoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description The length of the shell varies between 25.7 mm and 62 mm.
Distribution This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.
Fossils of this species were found in Pleistocene strata in Costa Rica.
References
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
External links E.H. Vokes - Cenozoic muricinae of the western Atlantic region; Tulane University, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, 1967.