''Aspella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod 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''
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''
(McGinty, 1940) (original combination)
* ''Aspella paupercula''
(C. B. Adams, 1850):
synonym of ''
Dermomurex pauperculus
''Dermomurex pauperculus'', common name the little aspella, 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 12 mm and 30&nb ...
''
(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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