Vaughtia dunkeri

Species of gastropod

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[1]

* 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

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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

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

## References

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1. ^ a b 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

* 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

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* Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704 page(s): 112, pl. 6, fig. 14
* Houart, R. (1995). Pterymarchia n. gen. and Vaughtia n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae). Apex. 10 (4): 127-136.

Taxon identifiers

Vaughtia dunkeri|

* Wikidata: Q10832417
* CoL: 7FJQQ
* EoL: 10303439
* GBIF: 4364330
* iNaturalist: 695027
* IRMNG: 11872792
* Open Tree of Life: 4157818
* WoRMS: 404068

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