Vaughtia gruveli | |
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Shell of Vaughtia gruveli (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
Genus: | Vaughtia |
Species: | V. gruveli |
Binomial name | |
Vaughtia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910) | |
Synonyms | |
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Vaughtia gruveli 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.
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Etymology
This snail is named after Jean Abel Gruvel
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Western Sahara.
References
- ^ Vaughtia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
External links
- Dautzenberg P. (1910). Contribution à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique occidentale. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 64: 47-228, pls 1-4
- Houart, R. (2003). Two new muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from west Africa. Novapex. 4 (2-3): 51-56
Taxon identifiers | |
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Vaughtia gruveli |
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