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

Asperdaphne laceyi
Original image of a shell of Asperdaphne laceyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Asperdaphne
Species:
A. laceyi
Binomial name
Asperdaphne laceyi
(Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Bela) laceyi Sowerby III, 1889

Description

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The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Hong Kong

References

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  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
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  • 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
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.