Vasula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Vasula
Shell of Vasula melones
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Vasula
Mörch, 1860
Type species
Purpura melones Duclos, 1832
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura (Vasula) Mörch, 1860 (original rank)
  • Thais (Vasula) Mörch, 1860

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References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Vasula Mörch, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714219 on 2022-09-18
  • Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102

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