''Vaughtia babingtoni'' is a species of

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, a marine

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 ...

mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its maximum diameter 8 mm. This species is similar in sculpture to ''

Vaughtia scrobiculata ''Vaughtia scrobiculata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The length of the shell attains 14 mm. (Described as ''Murex crawfordi'' G. B. Sowerby II ...

'', from which it differs considerably in form, the spire being long and turreted, and the rostrum elongated and slightly recurved. In form the shell is somewhat similar to the British ''

Trophonopsis muricata ''Trophonopsis muricata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm. The narrow, conical shell ...

'' (Montagu, 1803) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls
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Distribution

This marine species occurs on the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.

References

* Turton, W. H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls. * Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. * 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 * Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp

External links

Barnard, K.H. (1969) Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part VI. Supplement. Annals of the South African Museum, 47: 595–661, 2 pls.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaughtia Babingtoni babingtoni Gastropods described in 1892