Veprecula hedleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Veprecula hedleyi | |
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| Shell and protoconch of Veprecula hedleyi | |
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. hedleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Veprecula hedleyi (Melvill, 1904)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clathurella hedleyi Melvill, 1904 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 3 mm.
This species differs from its congeners in its greater ventricosity and roundness of the whorl. The number of longitudinal ribs on the body whorl is sixteen in the specimen figured. The spiral acute lirations are also more frequent than obtain in Veprecula sykesii or Veprecula vepratica. The four apical whorls are microscopically longitudinally costellate. The holotype possesses a greater number of ribs than obtained in the more recently collected examples, but the author cannot further separate them specifically. [2]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Gulf of Oman and Réunion.
References edit
- ^ a b Veprecula hedleyi (Melvill, 1904). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Melvill J.C. (1917). A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893–1914. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 12(4): 140-186, pls 8-10
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links edit
- Biolib.cz: image
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Veprecula hedleyi