Veprecula pungens

Veprecula pungens
	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
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. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 296-306

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

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[WoRMS-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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