Vasula melones

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

Vasula melones
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Vasula
Species:	V. melones
Binomial name
Vasula melones (Duclos, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
Purpura crassa Blainville, 1832 Purpura melones Duclos, 1832 Thais (Vasula) melones (Duclos, 1832)

Description

The length of the shell attains 49 mm.

The dark chestnut shell is variegated with white, especially upon the periphery and inferior portion of the body. The columella is tinged with pink. The outer lip is frequently black-bordered.

The want of nodules or spines disagrees with the character of the group; yet the relationship of this species with Vasula deltoidea is tolerably close. Sometimes the body whorl^[2] is, in adults, constricted around the middle.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.