Vaughtia

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

Species

Species within the genus Vaughtia include:

• Vaughtia babingtoni <small>(G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)</small>
• Vaughtia dawnbrinkae <small>Lussi, 2012</small>
• Vaughtia dunkeri <small>(Krauss, 1848)</small>
• Vaughtia fenestrata<small> (Gould, 1860)</small>
• Vaughtia gruveli <small>(Dautzenberg, 1910)</small>
• Vaughtia hayesi <small>(Lorenz, 1995)</small>
• Vaughtia jucunda <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small>
• Vaughtia olivemeyerae <small>Lussi, 2012</small>
• Vaughtia parvifusus <small>Lussi, 2012</small>
• Vaughtia purpuroides <small>(Reeve, 1845)</small>
• Vaughtia scrobiculata <small>(Dunker, 1846)</small>
• Vaughtia squamata <small>Houart, 2003</small>

• Vaughtia transkeiensis <small>(Houart, 1987)</small>: synonym of Gemixystus transkeiensis <small>(Houart, 1987)</small>

References

• 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]

External links

• Houart R. (1995) Pterymarchia n. gen. and Vaughtia n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae). Apex 10(4): 127-136. &#91;20 December 1995&#93; page(s): 128
• Houart, R. (2003). Two new muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from west Africa. Novapex. 4 (2-3): 51-56
• Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 322-335