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Vaughtia dunkeri

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Species of gastropod

Vaughtia dunkeri
Shell of Vaughtia dunkeri (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vaughtia
Species: V. dunkeri
Binomial name
Vaughtia dunkeri
(Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Murex dunkeri Krauss, 1848
  • Ocenebra newmani Lorenz, 1990

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 numerous ribs and revolving raised lines. The shell is yellowish, with a pale brown band. The aperture is large. The siphonal canal is short and open.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

References

  1. ^ Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Lorenz, F. (1990). Further notes on South African Muricidae. La Conchiglia. 256: 12-17
  • 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.

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Taxon identifiers
Vaughtia dunkeri
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