Daphnella pulchra

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

Daphnella pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. pulchra
Binomial name
Daphnella pulchra
Peyrot, 1932

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

  1. M.A. Peyrot, 1931-1932, Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine, t. VI. (Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, t. LXXXIILXXXIV, 1931-1932)


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