Veprecula brunonia
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| Veprecula brunonia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Veprecula |
| Species: | V. brunonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Veprecula brunonia (Dall, 1924) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Turricula (Mordica) brunonia Dall, 1924 | |
Veprecula brunonia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 3 mm.
(Original description) The minute shell shows an absurdly accurate resemblance to the large species of Turricula. It has inflated whorls, a constricted suture and a relatively long siphonal canal. The holotype has a slender brown protoconch of four long axially ribbed whorls and three and a half subsequent inflated whorls. The shell shows seven axial ribs, and a deep anal sulcus close to the suture.[2]