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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Aspella cryptica Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976


Range: 10°S to 17°S; 39°W to 36°W
Depth: 2 to 2 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9  mm

Synonymy

Aspella anceps auct. non Lamarck, 1822
Aspella cryptica Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976

Details


Aspella cryptica Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976, p. 220-221, text-figs. 161-162, pl. 1, fig. 10
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Itapoán, Bahía, Brazil
Range: 10°S to 17°S; 39°W to 36°W
Depth: 2 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Bahia
References: Radwin & D'Attilio (1976) D; E. H. Vokes (1992) NSEWM

Aspella anceps auct. non Lamarck, 1822, 
[Not available]
References: E. H. Vokes (1992) s
Comments: Misidentification by Rios (1970, 1975); Aspella anceps is Mediterranean (Houart & Vokes 1995).


Partial List of References

Radwin, G. E. and A. D'Attilio. 1976. Murex Shells of the World  xi + 284 pp., 32 pls. Stanford University Press: Stanford.

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