Vaughtia purpuroides

Vaughtia purpuroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Vaughtia
Species: V. purpuroides
Binomial name
Vaughtia purpuroides
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex purpuroides Reeve, 1845 (basionym)
  • Ocenebra purpuroides (Reeve, 1845)

Vaughtia purpuroides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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