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Version 45.01 went live on 7th July, 2019.
Vaughtia purpuroides
(renamed)
(Reeve, L.A., 1845)
Shell size 10 - 14 mm
Saldanha Bay - False Bay, Rep. South Africa
Taxonomic Information
Class
GASTROPODA CAENOGASTROPODA
Order
NEOGASTROPODA
SuperFamily
MURICOIDEA
Family
MURICIDAE OCENEBRINAE
Page/Plate
Conchologia Iconica, London
Vol. 3, Murex, sp. 158
Murex Shells of the World
p 138; Pl. 21/1
Catalog of the . . . Fasciolariidae
p 169
Sea Shells on the South African Shores
p 350
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Image Acknowledgments
1
Greg Daniell
2
Greg Daniell
3
Natural History Museum, Rotterdam