Vaughtia Explained

Vaughtia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Vaughtia include:

• Vaughtia babingtoni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
• Vaughtia dawnbrinkae Lussi, 2012
• Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848)
• Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860)
• Vaughtia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910)
• Vaughtia hayesi (Lorenz, 1995)
• Vaughtia jucunda (Thiele, 1925)
• Vaughtia olivemeyerae Lussi, 2012
• Vaughtia parvifusus Lussi, 2012
• Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845)
• Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846)
• Vaughtia squamata Houart, 2003

Synonyms:

• Vaughtia transkeiensis (Houart, 1987): synonym of Gemixystus transkeiensis (Houart, 1987)

References

• 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. [July 2012]

External links

• Houart R. (1995) Pterymarchia n. gen. and Vaughtia n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae). Apex 10(4): 127-136. [20 December 1995] page(s): 128
• Houart, R. (2003). Two new muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from west Africa. Novapex. 4 (2-3): 51-56
• Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 322-335