Veprecula sculpta

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

Veprecula sculpta
Shell of Veprecula sculpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Veprecula
Species:
V. sculpta
Binomial name
Veprecula sculpta
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula sculpta Hinds, 1843
  • Rimosodaphnella sculpta (Hinds, 1843)

Description

The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

The whorls are rather flatly convex, ribbed longitudinally, crossed by fine revolving lines. The ribs are rounded, rather compressed, leaving off near the suture. The outer lip is externally varicose. The color of the shell is yellowish, banded with light brown. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Pacific Panama.

References
  1. Rimosodaphnella sculpta (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Bonfitto A. & Morassi M. (2013) New Indo-Pacific species of Rimosodaphnella Cossmann, 1916 (Gastropoda: Conoidea): a genus of probable Tethyan origin. Molluscan Research
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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