Daphnella euphrosyne
Daphnella euphrosyne is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Daphnella euphrosyne | |
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| Original image of a shell of Daphnella euphrosyne | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Daphnella |
| Species: | D. euphrosyne |
| Binomial name | |
| Daphnella euphrosyne Melvill & Standen, 1903 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
The white, attenuated, graceful shell contains ten whorls of which four in the protoconch. The spiral liration is distinct and regular (23 in the body whorl). The narrow aperture is oblong. The outer lip is thin. The wide siphonal canal is somewhat more prolonged. The peristome is not very effuse. There is no columellar plication.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.
References
- Daphnella euphrosyne Melvill & Standen, 1903. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1903). Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901–1903. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 7, 12: 289-324
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External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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