Veprecula sculpta

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Veprecula sculpta
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Shell of Veprecula sculpta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Veprecula
Species:
V. sculpta
Binomial name
Veprecula sculpta
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clavatula sculptaHinds, 1843
  • Rimosodaphnella sculpta(Hinds, 1843)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

The whorls are rather flatly convex, ribbed longitudinally, crossed by fine revolving lines. The ribs are rounded, rather compressed, leaving off near the suture. The outer lip is externally varicose. The color of the shell is yellowish, banded with light brown. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Pacific Panama.

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