''Asperdaphne'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Raphitomidae
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.
Description
This genus resembles ''
Daphnella'' in form and general appearance, but differs in having the
protoconch
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spirally grooved instead of being obliquely reticulated. The contour is lanceolate rather than oval. The shell has usually more
whorl
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Whorls in nature
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s, increasing less rapidly, with a longer and more turreted
spire
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. The anal fasciole is usually more marked than in ''Daphnella'', being more excavate, and crossed by sharp crescentic riblets. Some members of this genus have a superficial resemblance to ''Defrancia'', under which genus they have been arranged.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs in the Western Pacific, from
Japan
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to
New Zealand
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; also off Australia (
New South Wales
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Queensland
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South Australia
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Tasmania
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Victoria
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).
Species
Species within the genus ''Asperdaphne'' include:
* ''
Asperdaphne albovirgulata''
(Souverbie, 1860)
* ''
Asperdaphne bastowi''
(Gatliff & Gabriel, 1908)
* ''
Asperdaphne bela''
Hedley, 1922
* ''
Asperdaphne bitorquata''
(Sowerby III, 1896)
* ''
Asperdaphne desalesii''
(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
* ''
Asperdaphne elegantissima''
( Schepman, 1913)
* ''
Asperdaphne esperanza''
(May, 1911)
* ''
Asperdaphne laceyi''
(Sowerby III, 1889)
* ''
Asperdaphne legrandi''
(Beddome, 1883)
* ''
Asperdaphne moretonica''
(Smith E. A., 1882)
* ''
Asperdaphne paramoretonica''
B.-Q. Li & X.-Z. Li, 2014
* ''
Asperdaphne peradmirabilis''
(Smith E. A., 1879)
* ''
Asperdaphne perissa''
(Hedley, 1909)
* ''
Asperdaphne perplexa''
(Verco, 1909)
* ''
Asperdaphne plutonos''
Thiele, 1925
* † ''
Asperdaphne recticostulata''
Yokoyama, 1922
* ''
Asperdaphne sculptilis''
(Angas, 1871)
* ''
Asperdaphne subzonata''
(Smith E. A., 1879)
* ''
Asperdaphne suluensis''
(Schepman, 1913)
* ''
Asperdaphne tasmanica''
(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
* ''
Asperdaphne trimaculata''
Cotton, 1947
* ''
Asperdaphne ula''
(Watson, 1881)
* ''
Asperdaphne versivestita''
(Hedley, 1912)
* ''
Asperdaphne vestalis''
(Hedley, 1903)
* ''
Asperdaphne walcotae''
(Sowerby III, 1893)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Asperdaphne aculeata''
(Webster, 1906): synonym of ''
Pleurotomella aculeata''
(Webster, 1906)
* ''Asperdaphne albocincta''
G.F. Angas, 1871synonym of ''
Apispiralia albocincta''
(G.F. Angas, 1871)
* ''Asperdaphne amplecta''
Hedley, 1922: synonym of ''
Pleurotomella amplecta''
(Hedley, 1922)
* ''Asperdaphne angasi''
Hedley, 1903: synonym of ''
Asperdaphne sculptilis''
(Angas, 1871)
* ''Asperdaphne balcombensis''
Powell 1944 †: synonym of ''
Pleurotomella balcombensis''
(Powell, 1944) †
* ''Asperdaphne brenchleyi''
(Angas, 1877): synonym of ''
Pleurotomella brenchleyi''
(Angas, 1877)
* ''Asperdaphne capricornea''
Hedley, 1922: synonym of ''
Pleurotomella capricornea''
(Hedley, 1922)
* ''Asperdaphne compacta''
Hedley, 1922: synonym of ''
Pleurotomella compacta''
(Hedley, 1922)
* ''Asperdaphne contigua''
Powell, 1944 †: synonym of ''
Pleurotomella contigua''
(Powell, 1944) †
* ''Asperdaphne expeditionis''
Dell, 1956: synonym of ''
Pleurotomella expeditionis''
(Dell, 1956)
* ''Asperdaphne hayesiana''
(Angas, 1871): synonym of ''
Pleurotomella hayesiana''
(Angas, 1871)
* ''Asperdaphne rothauseni''
Gürs, 1998 †: synonym of ''
Pleurotomella rothauseni''
(Gürs, 1998) †
* ''Asperdaphne rugosa''
Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''
Pleurotomella rugosa''
(Laseron, 1954)
* ''Asperdaphne sculptilior''
Tenison-Woods, 1879: synonym of ''
Asperdaphne desalesii''
(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
* ''Asperdaphne sexdentata''
Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899: synonym of ''
Asperdaphne desalesii''
(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
* ''Asperdaphne sepulta''
Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''
Pleurotomella sepulta''
(Laseron, 1954)
* ''Asperdaphne tasmanica''
May, 1916: synonym of ''
Asperdaphne bela''
Hedley, 1922
* ''Asperdaphne vercoi''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1896): synonym of ''
Pleurotomella vercoi''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)
References
* Powell, A.W.B. 1966. ''The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species''. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
* Wilson, B. 1994. ''Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods.'' Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
External links
Hedley C. (1918). A ''checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1.'' Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 51: M1-M120Hedley C. (1922). ''A revision of the Australian Turridae''. Records of the Australian Museum. 13(6): 213-359Powell, Arthur William Baden. "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae." Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 3.1 (1944): p. 59: ''Asperdaphne balcombens'', Powell, 1944 Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308*
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Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera