Daphnella receptoria

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

Daphnella receptoria
Original image of a shell of Daphnella receptoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. receptoria
Binomial name
Daphnella receptoria
Melvill & Standen, 1901
Synonyms
  • Clathurina receptoria (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901)
  • Kermia receptoria (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901)

J. Tucker considers this species as a synonym of Clathurina receptoria (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901) [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

A most graceful, dark ocher, fusiform species. It contains seven angulate whorls. The protoconch is vitreous and purple colored. The subsequent whorls are impressed at the suture. The wide aperture is oblong and is whitish on the inside. The outer lip is lunulate. The columella stands almost upright. The siphonal canal is short.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Makran coast, Baluchistan.

References

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