Vaughtia purpuroides
Species of gastropod
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Vaughtia purpuroides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Vaughtia purpuroides | |
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| Shell of Vaughtia purpuroides (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Vaughtia |
| Species: | V. purpuroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
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