Veprecula echinulata
Veprecula echinulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Veprecula echinulata | |
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| Shell of Veprecula echinulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Veprecula |
| Species: | V. echinulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Veprecula echinulata (Thiele, 1925) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clathurella echinulata Thiele, 1925 | |
This is not Veprecula echinulata Springsteen & Leobrera, 1986 (this is probably Veprecula vepratica)
Description
The length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 12 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Zanzibar Channel (Tanzania) and Easter Island.
References
- Veprecula echinulata (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Raines, Bret K. "New molluscan records from Easter Island, with the description of a new Ethminolia." Visaya 2.1 (2007): 70-88.
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