Vaughtia purpuroides

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Vaughtia purpuroides
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.27724 - Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845) - Muricidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Shell of Vaughtia purpuroides (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Vaughtia
Species:
V. purpuroides
Binomial name
Vaughtia purpuroides
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Murex purpuroidesReeve, 1845 (basionym)
  • Ocenebra purpuroides(Reeve, 1845)

Vaughtia purpuroides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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Description

Distribution

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

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