''Aspella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Muricidae
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, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Aspella'' include:
* ''
Aspella aclydis''
Houart, 2017
* ''
Aspella acuticostata''
(Turton, 1932)
* ''
Aspella anceps''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Aspella castor''
Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
* ''
Aspella cryptica''
Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
* ''
Aspella hastula''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Aspella helenae''
Houart & Tröndlé, 2008
* ''
Aspella hildrunae''
Houart & Tröndle, 2008
* ''
Aspella lorenzi
''Aspella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Aspella'' include:
* ''Aspella aclydis'' Houart, 2017
...
''
Houart, 2019
* ''
Aspella lozoueti''
Houart & Tröndlé, 2008
* ''
Aspella mauritiana''
Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
* ''
Aspella media''
Houart, 1987
* ''
Aspella morchi''
Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
* ''
Aspella omanensis''
Houart, Gori & Rosado, 2017
* ''
Aspella platylaevis''
Radwin & d'Attilio, 1976
* ''
Aspella pollux''
Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
* ''
Aspella ponderi''
Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
* ''
Aspella producta''
(Pease, 1861)
* ''
Aspella pyramidalis''
(Broderip, 1833)
* ''
Aspella schroederi''
Houart, 1996
* ''
Aspella senex''
Dall, 1903
* ''
Aspella strepta''
Vokes, 1985
* ''
Aspella thomassini''
Houart, 1985
* ''
Aspella vokesiana''
Houart, 1983
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Aspella bakeri''
Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951: synonym of ''
Dermomurex bakeri''
(Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) (original combination)
* ''Aspella elizabethae''
McGinty, 1940: synonym of ''
Dermomurex elizabethae
''Dermomurex elizabethae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
This specie ...
''
(McGinty, 1940) (original combination)
* ''Aspella paupercula''
(C. B. Adams, 1850):
synonym of ''
Dermomurex pauperculus''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
* ''Aspella undata''
Hedley, 1907: synonym of ''
Austroclavus undatus''
(Hedley, 1907) (original combination)
References
* Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 205
External links
Mörch O.A.L. (1877). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum (contin.). Malakozoologische Blätter, 24: 14-66, 93-123
Aspellinae
Gastropod genera
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