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Vaughtia gruveli

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Vaughtia gruveli
Shell of Vaughtia gruveli (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Vaughtia
Species:
V. gruveli
Binomial name
Vaughtia gruveli
(Dautzenberg, 1910)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trophon gruveli Dautzenberg, 1910
  • Trophonopsis gruveli Dautzenberg, 1910

Vaughtia gruveli 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 13 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Western Sahara.

References

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  1. ^ a b Vaughtia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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