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

Veprecula sykesii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Veprecula
Species:
V. sykesii
Binomial name
Veprecula sykesii
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Synonyms[1]

Clathurella sykesii Melvill & Standen, 1903

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

References

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  • Biolib.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
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.