Vaughanites superstes is a species of marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramimitridae.[1]
Vaughanites superstes | |
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Shell of Vaughanites superstes (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Mitroidea |
Family: | Pyramimitridae |
Genus: | Vaughanites |
Species: | V. superstes
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Binomial name | |
Vaughanites superstes Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 15.7 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vaughanites superstes Kantor, Lozouet, Puillandre & Bouchet, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746712 on 2023-01-29
- Kantor Y., Lozouet P., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2014) Lost and found: The Eocene family Pyramimitridae (Neogastropoda) discovered in the Recent fauna of the Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa 3754(3): 239–276