Lepsiella
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Lepsiella is a taxonomic genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Adult shells of the species in this genus are usually a little less than 2 cm in length. They look somewhat like the northern Atlantic species Nucella lapillus.
[edit] Species within the genus Lepsiella
- Lepsiella flindersi (Adams & Angas, 1863)
- Lepsiella paivae (Crosse, 1864)
- Lepsiella reticulata (Blainville, 1832)
- Lepsiella scobina albomarginata (Deshayes, 1839)
- Lepsiella scobina scobina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Lepsiella vinosa (Lamarck, 1822)
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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