title: Asperdaphne
text: # Asperdaphne
  
  Asperdaphne is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
  
  ## Description
  
  This genus resembles Daphnella in form and general appearance, but differs in having the protoconch spirally grooved instead of being obliquely reticulated. The contour is lanceolate rather than oval. The shell has usually more whorls, increasing less rapidly, with a longer and more turreted spire. The anal fasciole is usually more marked than in Daphnella, being more excavate, and crossed by sharp crescentic riblets. Some members of this genus have a superficial resemblance to Defrancia, under which genus they have been arranged.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine genus occurs in the Western Pacific, from Japan to New Zealand; also off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria).
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Asperdaphne include:
  
  * Asperdaphne albovirgulata (Souverbie, 1860)
  * Asperdaphne bastowi (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1908)
  * Asperdaphne bela Hedley, 1922
  * Asperdaphne bitorquata (Sowerby III, 1896)
  * Asperdaphne desalesii (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  * Asperdaphne elegantissima (Schepman, 1913)
  * Asperdaphne esperanza (May, 1911)
  * Asperdaphne laceyi (Sowerby III, 1889)
  * Asperdaphne legrandi (Beddome, 1883)
  * Asperdaphne moretonica (Smith E. A., 1882)
  * Asperdaphne paramoretonica B.-Q. Li & X.-Z. Li, 2014
  * Asperdaphne peradmirabilis (Smith E. A., 1879)
  * Asperdaphne perissa (Hedley, 1909)
  * Asperdaphne perplexa (Verco, 1909)
  * Asperdaphne plutonos Thiele, 1925
  * † Asperdaphne recticostulata Yokoyama, 1922
  * Asperdaphne sculptilis (Angas, 1871)
  * Asperdaphne subzonata (Smith E. A., 1879)
  * Asperdaphne suluensis (Schepman, 1913)
  * Asperdaphne tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  * Asperdaphne trimaculata Cotton, 1947
  * Asperdaphne ula (Watson, 1881)
  * Asperdaphne versivestita (Hedley, 1912)
  * Asperdaphne vestalis (Hedley, 1903)
  * Asperdaphne walcotae (Sowerby III, 1893)
  
  ### Species brought into synonymy
  
  * Asperdaphne aculeata (Webster, 1906): synonym of Pleurotomella aculeata (Webster, 1906)
  * Asperdaphne albocincta G.F. Angas, 1871synonym of Apispiralia albocincta (G.F. Angas, 1871)
  * Asperdaphne amplecta Hedley, 1922: synonym of Pleurotomella amplecta (Hedley, 1922)
  * Asperdaphne angasi Hedley, 1903: synonym of Asperdaphne sculptilis (Angas, 1871)
  * Asperdaphne balcombensis Powell 1944 †: synonym of Pleurotomella balcombensis (Powell, 1944) †
  * Asperdaphne brenchleyi (Angas, 1877): synonym of Pleurotomella brenchleyi (Angas, 1877)
  * Asperdaphne capricornea Hedley, 1922: synonym of Pleurotomella capricornea (Hedley, 1922)
  * Asperdaphne compacta Hedley, 1922: synonym of Pleurotomella compacta (Hedley, 1922)
  * Asperdaphne contigua Powell, 1944 †: synonym of Pleurotomella contigua (Powell, 1944) †
  * Asperdaphne expeditionis Dell, 1956: synonym of Pleurotomella expeditionis (Dell, 1956)
  * Asperdaphne hayesiana (Angas, 1871): synonym of Pleurotomella hayesiana (Angas, 1871)
  * Asperdaphne rothauseni Gürs, 1998 †: synonym of Pleurotomella rothauseni (Gürs, 1998) †
  * Asperdaphne rugosa Laseron, 1954: synonym of Pleurotomella rugosa (Laseron, 1954)
  * Asperdaphne sculptilior Tenison-Woods, 1879: synonym of Asperdaphne desalesii (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  * Asperdaphne sexdentata Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899: synonym of Asperdaphne desalesii (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  * Asperdaphne sepulta Laseron, 1954: synonym of Pleurotomella sepulta (Laseron, 1954)
  * Asperdaphne tasmanica May, 1916: synonym of Asperdaphne bela Hedley, 1922
  * Asperdaphne vercoi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896): synonym of Pleurotomella vercoi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)
  