Biology:Vaughtia purpuroides
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Species: | V. purpuroides
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| Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845)
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Vaughtia purpuroides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Distribution
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 July 2012.
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
- Houart R. (1995) Pterymarchia n. gen. and Vaughtia n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae). Apex 10(4): 127–136
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- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q10832420 entry
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