Veprecula arethusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 11.5 mm.
At the base of the body whorl, around the cauda, a faint brown band is traceable. The smooth furrow at the top of the ten whorls, their reticulated surface, and the rather produced but narrow siphonal canal are characters at once indicating this species.Smith E.A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10
Few descriptions and images of the shell exist and no recorded descriptions of a living V. arethusa have been found. Distribution This species was found off Hengam Island in the Persian Gulf; also off Japan.
References
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links W.H. Dall, Article: Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae; Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 54 1919 Bilolib.cz : image Melvill J.C. (1917). A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893–1914. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 12(4): 140-186, pls 8-10
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