WoRMS taxon details
Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846)
404073 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404073)
accepted
Species
Fusus scrobiculatus Dunker, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)
Murex (Ocenebra) crawfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 · alternative representation (basionym)
Murex crawfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ocenebra scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted
Purpura cribrosa Küster, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trophon fossuliferus Tapparone Canefri, 1881 · unaccepted
Urosalpinx scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fusus scrobiculatus Dunker, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1845-1847). <i>Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Zweiter Band. 2</i>. Cassel: Fischer. 1-231, pls. 1-48. (publ. dates: (1): 1-32 [Sep 1845]; (2): 33-63 [Oct 1845]; (3): 65-87 [Feb 1846]; (4): 89-121 [Aug 1846]; (5): 123-152 [Oct 1846]; (6): 153-182 [Feb 1847]; (7): 183-212 [Mar 1847]; (8): 213-231 [Apr 1847]). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11073321
page(s): 118, Fusus pl. 3 fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 118, Fusus pl. 3 fig. 4 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope
type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404073 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Purpura cribrosa Küster, 1859) Küster, H. C. (1843-1860). Die Gattungen <i>Buccinum, Purpura, Concholepas</i> und <i>Monoceros</i>. <em>In: Küster, H. C., Ed. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Dritten Bandes erste Abtheilung.</em> 3(1): 1-229, pls 1-35. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. (publication dates: pl. 1 [1843]; pl. 3 [1844]; pl. 18 [1846]; pl. 19 [1847]; pl. 2 [1855]; pls 4-9, 16 [1856]; 1-90, pls 10-15, 20, 22, 24, 25, 30-35 [1858]; 91-178, pls 21, 22a, 23, 23a, 24a, 25a, 26-29, 31, 31a, 32, 32a, 33-34 [1859], 179-229, pls A, B, 17, 30, 32b [1860])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34331709
page(s): 166, pl. 27, figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Murex (Ocenebra) crawfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 2, pl. 1, fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Trophon fossuliferus Tapparone Canefri, 1881) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1881). Glanures dans la faune malacologique de l'Ile Maurice. Catalogue de la famille des Muricidés. <em>Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 15: 7-99, pls 2-3. [Offprint published 1881; in journal published 1 August 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47414158
page(s): 58-59, pl. 3 figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Fusus scrobiculatus Dunker, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1845-1847). <i>Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Zweiter Band. 2</i>. Cassel: Fischer. 1-231, pls. 1-48. (publ. dates: (1): 1-32 [Sep 1845]; (2): 33-63 [Oct 1845]; (3): 65-87 [Feb 1846]; (4): 89-121 [Aug 1846]; (5): 123-152 [Oct 1846]; (6): 153-182 [Feb 1847]; (7): 183-212 [Mar 1847]; (8): 213-231 [Apr 1847]). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11073321
page(s): 118, Fusus pl. 3 fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 88 [details]
page(s): 166, pl. 27, figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Murex (Ocenebra) crawfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 2, pl. 1, fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Trophon fossuliferus Tapparone Canefri, 1881) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1881). Glanures dans la faune malacologique de l'Ile Maurice. Catalogue de la famille des Muricidés. <em>Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 15: 7-99, pls 2-3. [Offprint published 1881; in journal published 1 August 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47414158
page(s): 58-59, pl. 3 figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Fusus scrobiculatus Dunker, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1845-1847). <i>Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Zweiter Band. 2</i>. Cassel: Fischer. 1-231, pls. 1-48. (publ. dates: (1): 1-32 [Sep 1845]; (2): 33-63 [Oct 1845]; (3): 65-87 [Feb 1846]; (4): 89-121 [Aug 1846]; (5): 123-152 [Oct 1846]; (6): 153-182 [Feb 1847]; (7): 183-212 [Mar 1847]; (8): 213-231 [Apr 1847]). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11073321
page(s): 118, Fusus pl. 3 fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 88 [details]
Identification resource
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]
Other
additional source
Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 130 [details]
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]
page(s): 130 [details]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ocenebra scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Fusus scrobiculatus Dunker, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Murex crawfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
To Conchology (Vaughtia scrobiculata)
To Malacopics (Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846) South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula, Ko...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ocenebra scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Fusus scrobiculatus Dunker, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Murex crawfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
To Conchology (Vaughtia scrobiculata)
To Malacopics (Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846) South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula, Ko...
