Veprecula tornipila

Veprecula tornipila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Veprecula tornipila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Veprecula
Species:
V. tornipila
Binomial name
Veprecula tornipila
McLean & Poorman, 1971

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Galapagos Islands.

References

  • McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 89–113
  • Biolib.cz: image
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.


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