Asperdaphne ula

Asperdaphne ula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Asperdaphne
Species: A. ula
Binomial name
Asperdaphne ula
(Watson, 1881)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Drillia) ula Watson, 1881

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

Robert Boog Watson wrote the species description in 1881. The specific name ula name comes from the Greek word οὖλος 'crisp'. Its type locality is north east of New Zealand at 37°34′S 179°22′E / 37.567°S 179.367°E / -37.567; 179.367 at a depth of 700 fathoms (4,200 ft; 1,300 m).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Asperdaphne ula (Watson, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Watson, Robert Boog (1881). "Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition—Part IX". The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 15 (88): 420–422.


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