Daphnella gracillima

Daphnella gracillima is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Daphnella gracillima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. gracillima
Binomial name
Daphnella gracillima
(Tenison Woods, 1877 )

Description

The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata Tasmania, Australia.

References

  • Tenison Woods J.E., 1877. Notes on the fossils referred to in the foregoing paper (i.e. by R. M. Johnston) Ibid, for 1876: 91-116.


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