Veprecula, Melvill, 1917

Li, Baoquan & Li, Xinzheng, 2014, Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas, Journal of Natural History 48 (17), pp. 999-1025 : 1022

Veprecula sp.

( Figure 4C )

Material examined

SCS. 1 spec, CN K146A-15, 20°30 ′ N, 112°00 ′ E, muddy sand, 68 m, 4 April 1960.

Distribution

SCS.

Remarks

This specimen resembles Veprecula vepratica (Hedley, 1903) , but differs from the latter in shell shape. The obvious characters of this species are the prickly nodules formed by axial ribs crossing the spiral ridges. This specimen is also close to Veprecula hedleyi Melvill, 1917 , but difffers from the latter by having more numerous and slowly growing whorls, and more teleoconch whorls.

Figures

Figure 4. (A) Pseudodaphnella granicostata (Reeve, 1846) (Xisha Islands, CN 75M-356-1); (B) Pseudodaphnella philippinensis (Reeve 1843) (Xisha Islands, CN 58M-1542-1); (C) Veprecula sp. (SCS, CN K146A–15).