Vaughtia

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

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

Species

Species within the genus Vaughtia include:[2]

• Vaughtia babingtoni (Sowerby, 1892)[3]
• Vaughtia dawnbrinkae Lussi, 2012
• Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848)[4]
• Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860)[5]
• Vaughtia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910)[6]
• Vaughtia hayesi (Lorenz, 1995)[7]
• Vaughtia jucunda (Thiele, 1925)[8]
• Vaughtia olivemeyerae Lussi, 2012
• Vaughtia parvifusus Lussi, 2012
• Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845)[9]
• Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846)[10]
• Vaughtia squamata Houart, 2003[11]
• Vaughtia transkeiensis (Houart, 1987)[12]

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. 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]