Asperdaphne Hedley, 1922
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2013.861939 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337218 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F087E8-FFB0-FFCD-57ED-4411A819F981 |
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Carolina |
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Asperdaphne Hedley, 1922 |
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Genus Asperdaphne Hedley, 1922 View in CoL
Type species Daphnella versivestita Hedley, 1912 View in CoL
Diagnosis
Resembling species of genus Tritonoturris Dall, 1924 , but protoconch paucispiral of 1.5–2 whorls, bluntly papilliform, with microscopic spiral threads or rows of pits; teleoconch sculpture strongly cancellate, and one or two spiral keels on last whorl. Adult length 4.5–24 mm.
Remarks
Some Kuroshiodaphne Shuto, 1965 species may be superficially similar to Asperdaphne but differ in the diagonally cancellate sculpture of their protoconch, whereas Asperdaphne spp. have a protoconch with microscopic spiral threads or rows of pits.
Distribution
Hong Kong ( China); Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan.
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