Veprecula arethusa

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

Veprecula arethusa
Shell of Veprecula arethusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Veprecula
Species:
V. arethusa
Binomial name
Veprecula arethusa
(Dall, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lienardia togetoges Nomura, S. & H. Niino, 1940
  • Pleurotoma (Defrancia) arethusa Dall, 1918 (not Pleurotoma reticulosa Edwards, 1861)
  • Veprecula reticulosa Smith, 1882
  • Veprecula togetoges Nomura & Niino, 1940

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 11.5 mm.

At the base of the body whorl, around the cauda, a faint brown band is traceable. The smooth furrow at the top of the ten whorls, their reticulated surface, and the rather produced but narrow siphonal canal are characters at once indicating this species. [2]

Distribution

This species was found off Hengam Island in the Persian Gulf; also off Japan.

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References
  1. Veprecula arethusa (Dall, 1918). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Smith E.A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • W.H. Dall, Article: Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae; Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 54 1919
  • Bilolib.cz : image
  • Melvill J.C. (1917). A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893–1914. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 12(4): 140-186, pls 8-10
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Veprecula arethusa


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