Asperdaphne legrandi

Asperdaphne legrandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Asperdaphne legrandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Asperdaphne
Species:
A. legrandi
Binomial name
Asperdaphne legrandi
(Beddome, 1883)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asperdaphne (Aspertilla) legrandi (Beddome, 1883)
  • Clathurella legrandi (Beddome, 1883)
  • Daphnella legrandi (Beddome, 1883)
  • Drillia legrandi Beddome, 1883

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

(Original description) The broad shell is turreted. The raised ribs are rounded. The striate interstices show fine lines which pass over the ribs. The shell contains five swollen whorls. The sinus is deep. The outer lip is varicose. The aperture is oval. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

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References
  1. Asperdaphne legrandi (Beddome, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Beddome, C.E. 1883. Description of some new marine shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882: 167-170
  • Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1900. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 12(2): 170-205
  • Hedley, C. 1900. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 495-513
  • Gatliff, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1908. Additions to and revision of the Catalogue of Victorian marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 21(1): 368–391
  • Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293-342
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
  • May, W.L. 1923. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
  • "Asperdaphne (Aspertilla) legrandi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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