Veprecula pungens
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| Veprecula pungens | |
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| File:Veprecula pungens 001.jpg | |
| Shell of Veprecula pungens (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this 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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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
