Aspella

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Aspella aclydis (MNHN-IM-2013-54542).jpeg

|image_caption = Shell of Aspella aclydis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Aspella

|authority = Mörch, 1877

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = Ranella (Aspella) Mörch, 1877 (original rank)

|type_species = Ranella anceps

|type_species_authority = Lamarck, 1822

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

}}

Aspella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|138188|Aspella Mörch, 1877||25 April 2010}}

Species

Species within the genus Aspella include:

  • Aspella aclydis Houart, 2017
  • Aspella acuticostata (Turton, 1932){{WRMS species|404846|Aspella acuticostata (Turton, 1932)||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella anceps (Lamarck, 1822){{WRMS species|140388|Aspella anceps (Lamarck, 1822)||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella castor Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976{{WRMS species|404848|Aspella castor Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella cryptica Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976{{WRMS species|404851|Aspella cryptica Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella hastula (Reeve, 1844){{WRMS species|404852|Aspella hastula (Reeve, 1844)||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella helenae Houart & Tröndlé, 2008{{WRMS species|404853|Aspella helenae Houart & Tröndlé, 2008||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella hildrunae Houart & Tröndle, 2008{{WRMS species|457609|Aspella hildrunae Houart & Tröndle, 2008||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella lorenzi Houart, 2019
  • Aspella lozoueti Houart & Tröndlé, 2008{{WRMS species|404855|Aspella lozoueti Houart & Tröndlé, 2008||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella mauritiana Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976{{WRMS species|404858|Aspella mauritiana Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella media Houart, 1987{{WRMS species|404860|Aspella media Houart, 1987||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella morchi Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976{{WRMS species|404863|Aspella morchi Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella omanensis Houart, Gori & Rosado, 2017
  • Aspella platylaevis Radwin & d'Attilio, 1976{{WRMS species|217137|Aspella platylaevis Radwin & d'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella pollux Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976{{WRMS species|404866|Aspella pollux Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella ponderi Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976{{WRMS species|404867|Aspella ponderi Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella producta (Pease, 1861){{WRMS species|217138|Aspella producta (Pease, 1861)||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella pyramidalis (Broderip, 1833){{WRMS species|404877|Aspella pyramidalis (Broderip, 1833)||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella schroederi Houart, 1996{{WRMS species|404878|Aspella schroederi Houart, 1996||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella senex Dall, 1903{{WRMS species|404880|Aspella senex Dall, 1903||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella strepta Vokes, 1985{{WRMS species|404882|Aspella strepta Vokes, 1985||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella thomassini Houart, 1985{{WRMS species|404885|Aspella thomassini Houart, 1985||25 April 2010}}
  • Aspella vokesiana Houart, 1983{{WRMS species|404887|Aspella vokesiana Houart, 1983||25 April 2010}}

;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):{{WRMS species|459100|Aspella paupercula (C. B. Adams, 1850)||25 April 2010}} synonym of Dermomurex pauperculus (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Aspella undata Hedley, 1907: synonym of Austroclavus undatus (Hedley, 1907) (original combination)

References

{{Reflist}}

  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 205