Daphnella tenuiclathrata

Daphnella tenuiclathrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Daphnella
Species:	D. tenuiclathrata
Binomial name
	Daphnella tenuiclathrata; (E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms
	Pleurotoma (Daphnella) tenuiclathrata E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

Daphnella tenuiclathrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 14 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

The small, ovate shell is semi-translucent with very dilute golden yellow spots. It consists of about 9 whorls, of which three in the protoconch. The spiral lirations are very numerous and beautifully minutely beaded. The aperture measures about half the total length of the shell. The outer lip is thin. It is deeply sinuate at the suture. The columella is wrinkled. The siphonal canal is short.^[1]

Distribution edit

References edit

^ ^a ^b Smith E.A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 296-306

External links edit

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.

[Smith-1] Smith E.A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 296-306

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