Vaughtia dunkeri

Vaughtia dunkeri
	Shell of Vaughtia dunkeri (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Vaughtia
Species:	V. dunkeri
Binomial name
	Vaughtia dunkeri; (Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms
	Murex dunkeri Krauss, 1848; Ocenebra newmani Lorenz, 1990;

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

The whorls are slightly shouldered, wide, with numerous ribs and revolving raised lines. The shell is yellowish, with a pale brown band. The aperture is large. The siphonal canal is short and open. ^[2]

Distribution

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

References

^ ^a ^b Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
^ G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

Lorenz, F. (1990). Further notes on South African Muricidae. La Conchiglia. 256: 12-17
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.

External links

[WoRMS-1] Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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