Biology:Daphnella delicata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Original image of a shell of Daphnella delicata | |
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. delicata
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| Daphnella delicata (Reeve, 1846)
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Daphnella delicata, common name the delicate pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
(Original description) The subulate, elongated shell is thin and hyaline. It is transversely minutely and very closely elevately striated. The aperture is short. The color of the shell is transparent white, very palely spotted with orange. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu, Tahiti and Samoa
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daphnella delicata Reeve. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ↑ L.A. Reeve (1843à - Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals vol. 1
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
- Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3719450 entry
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