Vaughtia

Vaughtia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Vaughtia
Houart, 1995 [1]
Type species
Murex babingtoni Sowerby, G.B. III, 1892

Vaughtia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Vaughtia include:[2]

References

  1. Pterymarchia n. gen. and Vaughtia n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda, Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae); Apex (Bruss) 10 (4), 20 decembre: 129
  2. 1 2 Vaughtia Houart, 1995.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 August 2012.
  3. Vaughtia babingtoni (Sowerby, 1892).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. Vaughtia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. Vaughtia hayesi (Lorenz, 1995).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. Vaughtia jucunda (Thiele, 1925).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  9. Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  10. Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  11. Vaughtia squamata Houart, 2003.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  12. Vaughtia transkeiensis (Houart, 1987).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • 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
  • 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]


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