Dr. Harold E. Vokes (1908-1998)

Dr. Harold Vokes was an American malacologist and paleontologist. He was an expert on mussels, and was a professor at Tulane University.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Vokes has published the following:

Vokes, E. H. 1965. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic. Part II--Chicoreus sensu stricto and Chicoreus (Siratus). Tulane Studies in Geology 3(4): 181–204.
Vokes, E. H. 1974. Notes on Chicoreus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Cenozoic of the Western Atlantic Region, with the description of new species. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(2): 81–94.
Vokes, E. H. 1976. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part VII--Calotrophon and Attiliosa. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 12(3): 101–132.
Vokes, E. H. 1980. Review of the muricid genus Acanthotrophon (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger 23(1): 10–14, 2 pls.
Vokes, E. H. 1983. Trachypollia sclera Woodring, 1928, in the recent fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. Texas Conchologist 19(3): 50–53.
Vokes, E. H. 1984. Comparison of the Muricidae of the Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic, with cognate species. Shells and Sea Life 16(11): 210–216, cover.
Vokes, E. H. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. 8. The family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332): 5–94, 130–153.
Vokes, E. H. 1990. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part VII - Murex s.s., Haustellum, Chicoreus, and Hexaplex; additions and corrections. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 23(1–3): 1–96.
Vokes, E. H. 1992. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part IX - Pterynotus, Poirieria, Aspella, Dermomurex, Calotrophon, Acantholabia, and Attiliosa; additions and corrections. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 25(1–3): 1–108.
Vokes, E. H. 1994. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part X - The subfamily Muricopsinae. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 26(2–4): 49–160.
Vokes, E. H. 1999. Another look at the muricine genus Attiliosa. The Veliger 42(4): 289–305.
Vokes, E. H., and A. D'Attilio. 1982. Review of the muricid genus Attiliosa (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger 25(1): 67–71, 1 pl.
Vokes, E. H., and R. Houart. 1986. An evaluation of the taxa Muricopsis and Risomurex (Gastropoda: Muricidae), with one new species of Risomurex. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 19(2): 63–88.
Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute Publication 54: viii + 183.