Vaughtia squamata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Vaughtia squamata
Shell of Vaughtia squamata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Vaughtia
Species:
V. squamata
Binomial name
Vaughtia squamata
Houart, 2003[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 15.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Mauretania.

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