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Vasula speciosa

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Species of gastropod

Vasula speciosa
Shell of Vasula speciosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Vasula
Species: V. speciosa
Binomial name
Vasula speciosa
(Valenciennes, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Purpura centiquadra Duclos, 1832
  • Purpura multilineata Küster, 1859
  • Purpura speciosa Valenciennes, 1832
  • Purpura triserialis Blainville, 1832
  • Thais (Thais) speciosa (Valenciennes, 1832)

Vasula speciosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The shell is white, with revolving bands composed of brown squares The shell is yellowish white within.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California to Peru.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Vasula speciosa (Valenciennes, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714222 on 2019-01-06
  2. G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102.

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Taxon identifiers
Vasula speciosa
Thais speciosa


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