Asperdaphne laceyi

Asperdaphne laceyi
Original image of a shell of Asperdaphne laceyi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Asperdaphne
Species:	A. laceyi
Binomial name
Asperdaphne laceyi (Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
Pleurotoma (Bela) laceyi Sowerby III, 1889

Asperdaphne laceyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hong Kong

References

1. Asperdaphne laceyi (Sowerby III, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links

• Sowerby III, G. B. (1889 ("1888")). Descriptions of fourteen new Species of Shells from China, Japan, and the Andaman Islands, chiefly collected by Deputy Surgeon-Gen. R. Hungerford. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. : 565-570, pl. 28
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.