Vaughtia gruveli

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Vaughtia gruveli
Trophonopsis gruveli (MNHN-IM-2000-1011).jpeg
Shell of Vaughtia gruveli (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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 [1]
  • Trophon gruveliDautzenberg, 1910
  • Trophonopsis gruveliDautzenberg, 1910

Vaughtia gruveli 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 length of the shell attains 13 mm.

Etymology

This snail is named after Jean Abel Gruvel [1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Western Sahara.

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