Veprecula pungens

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

Veprecula pungens
Shell of Veprecula pungens (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Veprecula
Species:	V. pungens
Binomial name
Veprecula pungens (Gould, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
Clavatula pungens Gould, 1860 Pleurotoma (Defrancia) asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882 Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918 Pleurotoma asperulata E. A. Smith, 1882 (invamid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma asperulata Lamarck, 1822; Pleurotoma aesara Dall, 1918, is a replacement name)

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

This species partakes of the general aspect of Veprecula arethusa but is distinguishable from it by its longer spire, narrower form, closer reticulation, and smooth apical whorls.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species was found off Hong Kong.