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Aspella
Sign in to saveAspella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 139
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- USNM, SIO, UCMP, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, FMNH, UF
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Australia, United States, Guam, Japan
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Aspella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Aspella include: Aspella aclydis Houart, 2017 Aspella acuticostata (Turton, 1932) Aspella anceps (Lamarck, 1822) Aspella castor Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 Aspella cryptica Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 Aspella hastula (Reeve, 1844) Aspella helenae Houart & Tröndlé, 2008 Aspella hildrunae Houart & Tröndle, 2008 Aspella lorenzi Houart, 2019 Aspella lozoueti Houart & Tröndlé, 2008 Aspella mauritiana Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 Aspella media Houart, 1987 Aspella morchi Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 Aspella omanensis Houart, Gori & Rosado, 2017 Aspella platylaevis Radwin & d'Attilio, 1976 Aspella pollux Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 Aspella ponderi Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 Aspella producta (Pease, 1861) Aspella pyramidalis (Broderip, 1833) Aspella schroederi Houart, 1996 Aspella senex Dall, 1903 Aspella strepta Vokes, 1985 Aspella thomassini Houart, 1985 Aspella vokesiana Houart, 1983 Species brought into synonymy: Aspella bakeri Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951: synonym of Dermomurex bakeri (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) (original combination) Aspella elizabethae McGinty, 1940: synonym of Dermomurex elizabethae (McGinty, 1940) (original combination) Aspella paupercula (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of Dermomurex pauperculus (C. B. Adams, 1850) Aspella undata Hedley, 1907: synonym of Austroclavus undatus (Hedley, 1907) (original combination)
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