Veprecula pungens
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| Veprecula pungens | |
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| Shell of Veprecula pungens (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Veprecula |
| Species: | V. pungens |
| Binomial name | |
| Veprecula pungens (Gould, 1860) | |
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Veprecula pungens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
This species partakes of the general aspect of Veprecula arethusa but is distinguishable from it by its longer spire, narrower form, closer reticulation, and smooth apical whorls.[2]
