Veprecula brunonia

Veprecula brunonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Veprecula
Species:	V. brunonia
Binomial name
	Veprecula brunonia; (Dall, 1924)
Synonyms
	Turricula (Mordica) brunonia Dall, 1924

Veprecula brunonia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm.

(Original description) The minute shell shows an absurdly accurate resemblance to the large species of Turricula. It has inflated whorls, a constricted suture and a relatively long siphonal canal. The holotype has a slender brown protoconch of four long axially ribbed whorls and three and a half subsequent inflated whorls. The shell shows seven axial ribs, and a deep anal sulcus close to the suture. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii and Réunion

References

^ ^a ^b Veprecula brunonia (Dall, 1924). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
^ W.H. Dall (1924), Notes on Molluscan Nomenclature; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. v. 37 (1924)

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.
Kay, E. A. (1979). Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications. 64xviii + 1-653
Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)
Biolib.cz: image
Gastropods.com: Veprecula brunonia

[WoRMS-1] Veprecula brunonia (Dall, 1924). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] W.H. Dall (1924), Notes on Molluscan Nomenclature; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. v. 37 (1924)

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