Veprecula pungens
Appearance
Veprecula pungens | |
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Shell of Veprecula pungens (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Veprecula |
Species: | V. pungens
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Binomial name | |
Veprecula pungens (Gould, 1860)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Veprecula pungens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This marine species was found off Hong Kong.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Veprecula pungens (Gould, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.
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