Daphnella atractoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Daphnella atractoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Daphnella |
| Species: | D. atractoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnella atractoides Hervier, 1897
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 5.5 mm and 10 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Taiwan, New Caledonia and the Fiji Islands.
References edit
- ^ a b Daphnella atractoides Hervier, 1897. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Hervier, J., 1898 Description d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques, provenant de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (suite) Journal de Conchyliologie, 45"1897" 165-192
- Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180
- Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daphnella atractoides.
- Hervier R.P. (1897), Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles provenant de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle Calédonie (suite); Journal de conchyliologie t.45 s.3 (1897)
- MNHN, Paris: specimen
- Gastropods.com: Daphnella (Daphnella) atractoides
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.