Asperdaphne paucicostata

Asperdaphne paucicostata
Shell of Asperdaphne paucicostata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Asperdaphne
Species:
A. paucicostata
Binomial name
Asperdaphne paucicostata
(Pease, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Clathurella paucicostata Pease, 1860 superseded combination
  • Daphnella lifouana Hervier, 1897 (original combination)
  • Tritonoturris lifouana (Hervier, 1897) junior subjective synonym
  • Tritonoturris paucicostata (Pease, 1860) superseded combination

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

The shell is elongately fusiform, thin and shining. The whorls are ornamented with varices, remote, and fine transverse raised striae. The outer lip is thin. The aperture is elongate-oval. The siphonal canal is long and slightly recurved. The colour of the shell is white, with irregular orange-brown spots or blotches. The varices are white.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii, the Loyalty Islands and Papua New Guinea.

References

  • Sysoev, A.V. (2008) Turridae. In Poppe, G. T. (Ed.) Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume II. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany, pp. 732–815. NIZT 682
  • Wiedrick, S. G. (2025). Synopsis, classification and revision of molluscan turri-form conoidean fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, with the description of 89 new species and four new genera. BabyBook & Shawn Greggory Wiedrick, Pennsauken & Los Angeles. pp. 1-340.