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Vasula melones

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Vasula melones
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Vasula
Species:
V. melones
Binomial name
Vasula melones
(Duclos, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura crassa Blainville, 1832
  • Purpura melones Duclos, 1832
  • Thais (Vasula) melones (Duclos, 1832)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 49 mm.

The dark chestnut shell is variegated with white, especially upon the periphery and inferior portion of the body. The columella is tinged with pink. The outer lip is frequently black-bordered.

The want of nodules or spines disagrees with the character of the group; yet the relationship of this species with Vasula deltoidea is tolerably close. Sometimes the body whorl[2] is, in adults, constricted around the middle.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Vasula melones (Duclos, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714223 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102.
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