Vaughtia squamata

Vaughtia squamata
Shell of Vaughtia squamata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Vaughtia
Species:
V. squamata
Binomial name
Vaughtia squamata
Houart, 2003[1]

Vaughtia squamata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 15.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauretania.

References

  1. ^ Houart. 2003. Novapex 4 (2–3): 51–56. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Vaughtia squamata Houart, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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