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Vasula deltoidea

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Vasula deltoidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vasula
Species:
V. deltoidea
Binomial name
Vasula deltoidea
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Mancinella deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Purpura deltoidea Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)
  • Purpura subdeltoidea Blainville, 1832
  • Thais (Thalessa) deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822)

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

Description

A shallow water species, often prone to significant encrustation by calcareous algae

Distribution

References

  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 2014-08-10