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Species of gastropod

Vaughtia hayesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vaughtia
Species: V. hayesi
Binomial name
Vaughtia hayesi
(Lorenz, 1995)
Synonyms

Ocenebra hayesi Lorenz, 1995

Vaughtia hayesi 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 9.23 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Algoa Bay, South Africa.

References

  1. ^ Vaughtia hayesi (Lorenz, 1995). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Vaughtia hayesi


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