Vaughtia fenestrata

Vaughtia fenestrata
	Shell of Vaughtia fenestrata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Vaughtia
Species:	V. fenestrata
Binomial name
	Vaughtia fenestrata; (Gould, 1860)
Synonyms
	Cominella fuscopicta W. H. Turton, 1932 ·; Cominella puncturata G.B. Sowerby III, 1886; Cominella puncturata bipartita Turton, 1932; Fusus gracilis F C.L. Koch, 1845 · unaccepted; Ocenebra fenestrata (Gould, 1860); Peristernia fenestrata Gould, 1860; Tritonalia puncturata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886);

Vaughtia fenestrata 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 17 mm.

(Described as Cominella puncturata) The shell is elongated, rather thin, pale yellow, sometimes brown, with a pale band. The spire is elevated and acute. The six whorls are sloping above, then bi-angulated and spirally ribbed throughout. The ribs are numerous, but very slightly raised. The interstices are punctured. The body whorl is convex, scarcely angulated and attenuated below. The aperture is ovate and moderately wide. The siphonal canal is short and slightly recurved. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Jeffreys Bay, South Africa.

References

^ ^a ^b Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
^ Sowerby, G. B. III. (1886). Marine shells of South Africa collected at Port Elizabeth, with descriptions of some new species. Journal of Conchology. 5(1): 1-13

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

[WoRMS-1] Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

[2] Sowerby, G. B. III. (1886). Marine shells of South Africa collected at Port Elizabeth, with descriptions of some new species. Journal of Conchology. 5(1): 1-13

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