- Vaughtia purpuroides
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Vaughtia purpuroides Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Subfamily: Ocenebrinae Genus: Vaughtia Species: V. purpuroides Binomial name Vaughtia purpuroides
(Reeve, 1845)Synonyms[1] Murex purpuroides Reeve, 1845
Vaughtia purpuroides 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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- ^ a b Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404072 on 21 December 2010.
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