Veprecula pungens

Veprecula pungens
	Shell of Veprecula pungens (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Veprecula
Species:	V. pungens
Binomial name
	Veprecula pungens; (Gould, 1860)
Synonyms
	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);

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

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.

References

^ ^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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Dall W.H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 54: 313-333

[WoRMS-1] Veprecula pungens (Gould, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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