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Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860) 
AphiaID: 404069

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Ocenebrinae (Subfamily) > Vaughtia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Vaughtia Houart, 1995
Synonymised
taxa		  Cominella fuscopicta Turton, 1932
 Cominella puncturata Sowerby III, 1886 (synonym)
 Cominella puncturata bipartita Turton, 1932 (synonym)
 Fusus gracilis Koch in Philippi, 1845
 Ocenebra fenestrata (Gould, 1860)
 Peristernia fenestrata Gould, 1860 (original combination)
Sources  additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 88 [details]

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]

from synonym: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 82 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] [view taxon]

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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English fenestrate oyster-drill (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution South Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Image 
Vaughtia fenestrata
Vaughtia fenestrata
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404069
Taxonomic
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2009-06-19 01:45:00Z  created  Houart, Roland
  
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  Citation: Houart, R. (2013). Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404069 on 2013-05-18
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