MolluscaBase taxon details
Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848)
404068 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404068)
accepted
Species
Murex dunkeri Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ocenebra newmani Lorenz, 1990 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex dunkeri Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 112, pl. 6, fig. 14. [details]
page(s): 112, pl. 6, fig. 14. [details]
Type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope Province
type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope Province [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404068 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Murex dunkeri Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 112, pl. 6, fig. 14. [details]
original description (of Ocenebra newmani Lorenz, 1990) Lorenz, F. (1990). Further notes on South African Muricidae. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 256: 12-17. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lussi M. (2012) Description of three new species of <i>Vaughtia</i> from off the Eastern Cape, South Africa with a revision of the genus (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae) from Southern Madagascar. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 76: 5-13. [July 2012] [details]
new combination reference Houart, R. (1995). <i>Pterymarchia</i> n. gen. and <i>Vaughtia</i> n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae). <em>Apex.</em> 10 (4): 127-136., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42257087 [details]
identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
page(s): 112, pl. 6, fig. 14. [details]
original description (of Ocenebra newmani Lorenz, 1990) Lorenz, F. (1990). Further notes on South African Muricidae. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 256: 12-17. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lussi M. (2012) Description of three new species of <i>Vaughtia</i> from off the Eastern Cape, South Africa with a revision of the genus (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae) from Southern Madagascar. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 76: 5-13. [July 2012] [details]
new combination reference Houart, R. (1995). <i>Pterymarchia</i> n. gen. and <i>Vaughtia</i> n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae). <em>Apex.</em> 10 (4): 127-136., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42257087 [details]
identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Murex dunkeri Krauss, 1848)
To Conchology (Vaughtia dunkeri)
To Malacopics (Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Western Cape, Sandy Bay, on black mussel bed, at 30-35 m depth, collected 1992, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Murex dunkeri Krauss, 1848)
To Conchology (Vaughtia dunkeri)
To Malacopics (Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848) South Africa, Western Cape, Sandy Bay, on black mussel bed, at 30-35 m depth, collected 1992, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
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