Vasula speciosa

Short description: Species of gastropod

Vasula speciosa

Shell of Vasula speciosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Family:  | Muricidae
Subfamily:  | Rapaninae
Genus:  | Vasula
Species:  |

V. speciosa

Binomial name
Vasula speciosa

(Valenciennes, 1832)

Synonyms[1]

* Purpura centiquadra Duclos, 1832
* Purpura multilineata Küster, 1859
* Purpura speciosa Valenciennes, 1832
* Purpura triserialis Blainville, 1832
* Thais (Thais) speciosa (Valenciennes, 1832)

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

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The shell is white, with revolving bands composed of brown squares The shell is yellowish white within.[2]

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California to Peru.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Vasula speciosa (Valenciennes, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714222 on 2019-01-06
2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

* Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102.

## External links

* Duclos (P. L.). (1832). Description de quelques espèces de pourpres, servant de type à six sections établies dans ce genre. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 26: 103-112
* Küster, H. C. (1843-1860). Die Gattungen Buccinum, Purpura, Concholepas und Monoceros. In: Küster, H. C., Ed. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Dritten Bandes erste Abtheilung. 3(1): 1-229, pls 1-35. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe
* Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1832). Disposition méthodique des espèces récentes et fossiles des genres Pourpre, Ricinule, Licorne et Concholépas de M. de Lamarck, et description des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues, faisant partie de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 1: 189-263, pls 9-12

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