''Vaughtia'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Vaughtia'' include:
* ''
Vaughtia babingtoni''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
* ''
Vaughtia dawnbrinkae''
Lussi, 2012
* ''
Vaughtia dunkeri
''Vaughtia dunkeri'' 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 attains 13 mm.
The whorls are slightly shouldered, wide, with numerou ...
''
(Krauss, 1848)
* ''
Vaughtia fenestrata''
(Gould, 1860)
* ''
Vaughtia gruveli''
(Dautzenberg, 1910)
* ''
Vaughtia hayesi''
(Lorenz, 1995)
* ''
Vaughtia jucunda''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Vaughtia olivemeyerae''
Lussi, 2012
* ''
Vaughtia parvifusus''
Lussi, 2012
* ''
Vaughtia purpuroides
''Vaughtia purpuroides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as mu ...
''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''
Vaughtia scrobiculata''
(Dunker, 1846)
* ''
Vaughtia squamata''
Houart, 2003
;Synonyms:
* ''Vaughtia transkeiensis''
(Houart, 1987):
synonym of ''
Gemixystus transkeiensis''
(Houart, 1987)
References
* Lussi M. (2012) ''Description of three new species of Vaughtia from off the Eastern Cape, South Africa with a revision of the genus (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae) from Southern Madagascar''. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 76: 5-13.
uly 2012
External links
Houart R. (1995) ''Pterymarchia n. gen. and Vaughtia n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae).'' Apex 10(4): 127-136. [20 December 1995page(s): 128]
Houart, R. (2003). Two new muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from west Africa. Novapex. 4 (2-3): 51-56Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 322-335
Ocenebrinae
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