Daphnella phyxelis

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

Daphnella phyxelis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. phyxelis
Binomial name
Daphnella phyxelis
Barnard, 1964

Description

The length of this broken shell may have been 12 mm long. The holotype consists of the protoconch and two subsequent whorls.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Natal, South Africa.

References
  1. Barnard, K. H. "The work of the ss Pieter Faure in Natal waters, with special reference to the Crustacea and Mollusca; with descriptions of new species of Mollusca from Natal." Annals of the Natal Museum 16.1 (1964): 9-29.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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