{{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 = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = ''Ranella (Aspella)'' <small>Mörch, 1877</small> (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.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|138188|''Aspella'' Mörch, 1877||25 April 2010}}</ref>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Aspella'' include: * ''Aspella aclydis'' <small>Houart, 2017</small> * ''Aspella acuticostata'' <small>(Turton, 1932)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404846|''Aspella acuticostata'' (Turton, 1932)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella anceps'' <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|140388|''Aspella anceps'' (Lamarck, 1822)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella castor'' <small>Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404848|''Aspella castor'' Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella cryptica'' <small>Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404851|''Aspella cryptica'' Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella hastula'' <small>(Reeve, 1844)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404852|''Aspella hastula'' (Reeve, 1844)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella helenae'' <small>Houart & Tröndlé, 2008</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404853|''Aspella helenae'' Houart & Tröndlé, 2008||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella hildrunae'' <small>Houart & Tröndle, 2008</small><ref>{{WRMS species|457609|''Aspella hildrunae'' Houart & Tröndle, 2008||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella lorenzi'' <small>Houart, 2019</small> * ''Aspella lozoueti'' <small>Houart & Tröndlé, 2008</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404855|''Aspella lozoueti'' Houart & Tröndlé, 2008||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella mauritiana'' <small>Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404858|''Aspella mauritiana'' Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella media'' <small>Houart, 1987</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404860|''Aspella media'' Houart, 1987||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella morchi'' <small>Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404863|''Aspella morchi'' Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella omanensis'' <small>Houart, Gori & Rosado, 2017</small> * ''Aspella platylaevis'' <small>Radwin & d'Attilio, 1976</small><ref>{{WRMS species|217137|''Aspella platylaevis'' Radwin & d'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella pollux'' <small>Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404866|''Aspella pollux'' Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella ponderi'' <small>Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404867|''Aspella ponderi'' Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella producta'' <small>(Pease, 1861)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|217138|''Aspella producta'' (Pease, 1861)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella pyramidalis'' <small>(Broderip, 1833)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404877|''Aspella pyramidalis'' (Broderip, 1833)||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella schroederi'' <small>Houart, 1996</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404878|''Aspella schroederi'' Houart, 1996||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella senex'' <small>Dall, 1903</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404880|''Aspella senex'' Dall, 1903||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella strepta'' <small>Vokes, 1985</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404882|''Aspella strepta'' Vokes, 1985||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella thomassini'' <small>Houart, 1985</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404885|''Aspella thomassini'' Houart, 1985||25 April 2010}}</ref> * ''Aspella vokesiana'' <small>Houart, 1983</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404887|''Aspella vokesiana'' Houart, 1983||25 April 2010}}</ref> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Aspella bakeri'' <small>Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951</small>: synonym of ''Dermomurex bakeri'' <small>(Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951)</small> (original combination) * ''Aspella elizabethae'' <small>McGinty, 1940</small>: synonym of ''Dermomurex elizabethae'' <small>(McGinty, 1940)</small> (original combination) * ''Aspella paupercula'' <small>(C. B. Adams, 1850)</small>:<ref>{{WRMS species|459100|''Aspella paupercula'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Dermomurex pauperculus'' <small>(C. B. Adams, 1850)</small> * ''Aspella undata'' <small>Hedley, 1907</small>: synonym of ''Austroclavus undatus'' <small>(Hedley, 1907)</small> (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
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854685 Mörch O.A.L. (1877). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum (contin.). Malakozoologische Blätter, 24: 14-66, 93-123]
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Category:Aspella Category:Aspellinae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch
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