Vasula deltoidea

Vasula deltoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:
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[]

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References[]

• 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.