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Veprecula echinulata

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Veprecula echinulata
Shell of Veprecula echinulata
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. echinulata
Binomial name
Veprecula echinulata
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

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

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The length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Zanzibar Channel (Tanzania) and Easter Island.

References

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  1. ^ a b Veprecula echinulata (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
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  • 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.