Description of Aspella lorenzi n. sp. (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Aspellinae) from the northern Red Sea
In: Archiv für Molluskenkunde (2004). Schweizerbart: Stuttgart. ISSN 1869-0963, more | |
Keywords | Aspella gothica Jousseaume, 1894 [WoRMS] Marine/Coastal | Author keywords | Egypt; new species; subfamilial classification; new synonymy; Aspellagothica |
Abstract | A new species of Aspella was collected in the vicinity of Hurghada, Egypt. It is here described and compared to 6 other species, Aspella mauritiana Radwin & D’Attilio, 1976, A. media Houart, 1987, A. omanensis Houart, Gori & Rosado, 2017, A. producta. (Pease, 1861), A. thomassini Houart, 1985, and A. vokesiana Houart, 1983, all of which occur in the western Indian Ocean and some in the vicinity of the Red Sea. |
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