Daphnella mazatlanica

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

Daphnella mazatlanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. mazatlanica
Binomial name
Daphnella mazatlanica
Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
Synonyms[1]

Daphnella panamica Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Gulf of California to Ecuador; also off the Galapagos Islands.

References

  • Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, and Herbert N. Lowe. "West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by HN Lowe, 1929-31." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1932): 33-144.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Daphnella mazatlanica


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