Daphnella phyxelis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Daphnella phyxelis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Daphnella |
Species: | D. phyxelis
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Binomial name | |
Daphnella phyxelis Barnard, 1964
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Description
editThe length of this broken shell may have been 12 mm long. The holotype consists of the protoconch and two subsequent whorls.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Natal, South Africa.
References
editExternal 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.