Genus Asperdaphne Hedley, 1922

Type species Daphnella versivestita Hedley, 1912

Diagnosis

Resembling species of genus Tritonoturris Dall, 1924, but protoconch paucispiral of 1.5–2 whorls, bluntly papilliform, with microscopic spiral threads or rows of pits; teleoconch sculpture strongly cancellate, and one or two spiral keels on last whorl. Adult length 4.5–24 mm.

Remarks

Some Kuroshiodaphne Shuto, 1965 species may be superficially similar to Asperdaphne but differ in the diagonally cancellate sculpture of their protoconch, whereas Asperdaphne spp. have a protoconch with microscopic spiral threads or rows of pits.

Distribution

Hong Kong (China); Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan.