Veprecula echinulata
| Veprecula echinulata | |
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| Shell of Veprecula echinulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Veprecula |
| Species: | V. echinulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Veprecula echinulata (Thiele, 1925)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clathurella echinulata Thiele, 1925 | |
Veprecula echinulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
This is not Veprecula echinulata Springsteen & Leobrera, 1986 (this is probably Veprecula vepratica)
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 12 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Zanzibar Channel (Tanzania) and Easter Island.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Veprecula echinulata (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links
[edit]- 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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