Vaughtia babingtoni

Vaughtia babingtoni
	Shell of Vaughtia babingtoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae
Genus:	Vaughtia
Species:	V. babingtoni
Binomial name
	Vaughtia babingtoni; (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
Synonyms
	Murex (Ocenebra) babingtoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 (basionym); Murex (Ocinebra) babingtoni G. B. Sowerby III, 1892; Murex babingtoni Sowerby, 1892; Ocenebra aedicularum K.H. Barnard, 1969; Ocenebra semidisjuncta W.H. Turton, 1932; Tritonalia aedicularum Barnard, 1969; Tritonalia semidisjuncta Turton, 1932;

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its maximum diameter 8 mm.

This species is similar in sculpture to Vaughtia scrobiculata, from which it differs considerably in form, the spire being long and turreted, and the rostrum elongated and slightly recurved. In form the shell is somewhat similar to the British Trophonopsis muricata (Montagu, 1803) ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs on the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.

References

Turton, W. H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
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

Barnard, K.H. (1969) Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part VI. Supplement. Annals of the South African Museum, 47: 595–661, 2 pls.

[WoRMS-1] Vaughtia babingtoni (Sowerby, 1892). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

[2] Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls

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