Vasula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Vasula | |
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| Shell of Vasula melones | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vasula Mörch, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Purpura melones Duclos, 1832 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
edit- Vasula deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822)
- Vasula melones (Duclos, 1832)
- Vasula speciosa (Valenciennes, 1832)
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Vasula Mörch, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714219 on 2022-09-18
- Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102
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