Vepridaphne cestrum

Vepridaphne cestrum
Original image of a shell of Vepridaphne cestrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Vepridaphne
Species:	V. cestrum
Binomial name
Vepridaphne cestrum (Hedley, 1922)
Synonyms [1]
Clathurella debilisBrazier, 1876 Clavatula debilisHinds, 1844 Daphnella cestrumHedley, 1922

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The acicular shell is thin, but boldly sculptured, contracted at the suture, excavate at the base. The siphonal canal is produced and recurved. The colour of the shell is pale yellow, with two rufous brown zones, one above, the other below the periphery, both interrupted by the ribs. The columella is lilac. The apex is salmon buff. The shell contains eleven whorls, including three on the protoconch. The suture is impressed and undulating. The base of the shell is defined by a sharp angle which continues the horizon of the suture.

Sculpture:—The fasciole area is without spirals, but is crossed by radial crescentic wrinkles. The spirals may amount to twenty-seven on the body whorl, those on the periphery being alternately larger and smaller. Seven of these ascend the penultimate whorl. All of these override the radials. The radials are thin, high, variciform riblets, perpendicular, discontinuous, extending from below the fasciole to the angle of the base, and set at eight to a whorl.

Aperture: The outer lip is simple. The sinus is adjacent to the suture, deeper than broad and is rounded. The inner lip shows a thin callus. The siphonal canal is open, produced, and recurved. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the Gulf of Carpentaria and off Queensland.,

References

1. Vepridaphne cestrum (Hedley, 1922) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
2. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• Shuto, T. 1983. New turrid taxa from the Australian waters. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciences of Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 25: 1-26.

External links

• Gastropods.com: Vepridaphne cestrum
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.