Asperdaphne lactea

Asperdaphne lactea
Shell of Asperdaphne lactea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Asperdaphne
Species:	A. lactea
Binomial name
Asperdaphne lactea (Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
Daphnella fusiformisGarrett, 1873 Eucyclotoma fusiformis(Garrett, 1873) junior subjective synonym Eucyclotoma lactea(Reeve, 1843) superseded combination Eucyclotoma molleri(Reeve, 1846) Pleurotoma lactea Reeve, 1843 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 16 mm

(Described as Eucyclotoma fusiformis) The shell is longitudinally ribbed on the spire. The ribs are obsolete on the body whorl, where there are several minute periodical varices, with unequal, more or less crenulated revolving ridges. The outer lip is very finely crenulated. The sinus is small. The color of the shell is white, faintly tinged with yellowish brown. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Paumotus, Tuamotu Archipelago, Taiwan and Queensland, Australia.

References

1. Asperdaphne lactea (Reeve, 1843) . 11 December 20250. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.)(2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
• 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.

External links

• Reeve, L.A. (1843–1846). Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1, pl. 1-40 and unpaginated text. London: Reeve & co.
• Garrett, A. 1873. Descriptions of new species of marine shells inhabiting the South Sea Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1873: 209-231, pls 2-3
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. Bibcode:2004Zoot..6822.1.1T. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Li B.-Q. [Baoquan & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17-18): 999-1025]
• Gastropods.com: Eucyclotoma fusiformis