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

Vaughtia dunkeri
Shell of Vaughtia dunkeri (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vaughtia
Species:
V. dunkeri
Binomial name
Vaughtia dunkeri
(Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex dunkeri Krauss, 1848
  • Ocenebra newmani Lorenz, 1990

Description

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The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

The whorls are slightly shouldered, wide, with numerous ribs and revolving raised lines. The shell is yellowish, with a pale brown band. The aperture is large. The siphonal canal is short and open. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

References

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  • Lorenz, F. (1990). Further notes on South African Muricidae. La Conchiglia. 256: 12-17
  • 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.
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