Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Aspellinae > Genus Aspella

Aspella anceps (Lamarck, 1822)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ranella Lamarck, 1816

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aspella*	Mörch, 1877	accepted genus name
*Ranella (Aspella)*	Mörch, 1877	synonym

Species group names

*Colubraria gladiolus*	(Monterosato, 1880)	synonym
*Epidromus gladiolus*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: モロハボラ

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
additional source	Houart, R.; Vokes, E. H. (1995). On the identity of Aspella anceps (Lamarck, 1822) (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 31(1-4): 13-16.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aspella anceps (Lamarck, 1822). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140388