Veprecula pungens

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

Veprecula pungens
Shell of Veprecula pungens (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Veprecula
Species:
V. pungens
Binomial name
Veprecula pungens
(Gould, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula pungens Gould, 1860
  • Pleurotoma (Defrancia) asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882
  • Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918
  • Pleurotoma asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882 (invamid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma asperulata Lamarck, 1822; Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918, is a replacement name)

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

This species partakes of the general aspect of Veprecula arethusa but is distinguishable from it by its longer spire, narrower form, closer reticulation, and smooth apical whorls. [2]

Distribution

This marine species was found off Hong Kong.

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References
  1. Veprecula pungens (Gould, 1860). 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: 296-306



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