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Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848) 
AphiaID: 404068

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Ocenebrinae (Subfamily) > Vaughtia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Vaughtia Houart, 1995
Synonymised
taxa
  Murex dunkeri Krauss, 1848 (original combination)
Ocenebra newmani Lorenz, 1990 (synonym)
Sources  additional source: 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] [details]

new combination reference: 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] [details]

identification resource: 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. [details]

Environment marine
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Vaughtia dunkeri
Vaughtia dunkeri
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404068
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2009-06-19 01:45:00Z  created  Houart, Roland
  
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  Citation: Houart, R. (2013). Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404068 on 2013-05-24
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