Vaughtia purpuroides

Vaughtia purpuroides
Vaughtia purpuroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: 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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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ 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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