Vaughtia hayesi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Vaughtia hayesi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Vaughtia |
| Species: | V. hayesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Vaughtia hayesi (Lorenz, 1995)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ocenebra hayesi Lorenz, 1995 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 9.23 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Algoa Bay, South Africa.
References
edit- ^ a b Vaughtia hayesi (Lorenz, 1995). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Lussi M. (2012) Description of three new species of Vaughtia from off the Eastern Cape, South Africa with a revision of the genus (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae) from Southern Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 76: 5-13.
- Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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