Asperdaphne laceyi
| Asperdaphne laceyi | |
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| Original image of a shell of Asperdaphne laceyi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Asperdaphne |
| Species: | A. laceyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Asperdaphne laceyi (Sowerby III, 1889)
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Asperdaphne laceyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is fusiform, acuminated at both ends, and dull white. The spire is elongated and atapered to a sharp point. The whorls are roundly convex and are obliquely covered by numerous longitudinal folds. They are further sculpted spirally with numerous, narrow, crowded, and rounded fine ridges. The body whorl is rounded above and attenuated below, extending slightly forward. The aperture is elongate-ovate. The columella is slightly twisted, the outer lip) is slightly arcuate, and it is emarginate with a rather wide but shallow sinus. The siphonal canal is short. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Hong Kong
References
- ^ a b Asperdaphne laceyi (Sowerby III, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Sowerby III, G. B. (1889 ("1888")). Descriptions of fourteen new Species of Shells from China, Japan, and the Andaman Islands, chiefly collected by Deputy Surgeon-Gen. R. Hungerford. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. : 565-570, pl. 28 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
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.
- iNaturalist: image