Vaughtia olivemeyerae
Appearance
Vaughtia olivemeyerae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
Genus: | Vaughtia |
Species: | V. olivemeyerae
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Binomial name | |
Vaughtia olivemeyerae (Lussi, 2012)
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Vaughtia olivemeyerae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 11.7 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Vaughtia olivemeyerae (Lussi, 2012). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 October 2012.
- 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.