Vasula_deltoidea

<i>Vasula deltoidea</i>

Vasula deltoidea

Species of gastropod

Vasula deltoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 37 mm.

The shell is light brown or whitish, with dark chestnut bands, which sometimes appear also on the inside of the outer lip. The columella is pink. [2]

This is a shallow water species, often prone to significant encrustation by calcareous algae.

Distribution

Known from the Atlantic coast of Florida and also from Barbados, Lesser Antilles, and Venezuela.

References

  1. [1]
    Bouchet, P. (2014). Vasula deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714225 on 10 August 2014
  2. [2]
    G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59.
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