Vaughtia

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Vaughtia transkeiensis (MNHN-IM-2012-33182).jpeg

| image_caption = Vaughtia transkeiensis

| taxon = Vaughtia

| authority = Houart, 1995 Pterymarchia n. gen. and Vaughtia n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda, Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae); Apex (Bruss) 10 (4), 20 decembre: 129

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| synonyms =

| type_species = Murex babingtoni Sowerby, G.B. III, 1892

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Vaughtia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|391152|Vaughtia Houart, 1995||23 August 2012}}

Species

Species within the genus Vaughtia include:

;Synonyms:

  • Vaughtia transkeiensis (Houart, 1987):{{WRMS species|404090|Vaughtia transkeiensis (Houart, 1987)||25 April 2010}} synonym of Gemixystus transkeiensis (Houart, 1987)

References

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  • 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. [July 2012]