Vasula speciosa

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Vasula speciosa
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Shell of Vasula speciosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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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 [1]
  • Purpura centiquadraDuclos, 1832
  • Purpura multilineataKüster, 1859
  • Purpura speciosaValenciennes, 1832
  • Purpura triserialisBlainville, 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. [1]

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Description

The shell is white, with revolving bands composed of brown squares The shell is yellowish white within. [2]

Distribution

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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