Daphnella spencerae

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

Daphnella spencerae
Original image of a shell of Daphnella spencerae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. spencerae
Binomial name
Daphnella spencerae
G.B. Sowerby III, 1893

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description) The acuminate-fusiform shell is white with red spots. The spire is acuminate and acute. The shell contains eight slightly convex whorls. It is finely spirally striated throughout, the upper whorls being longitudinally plicated. The body whorl is lightly inflated. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is arcuate and acute. The sinus is deep and narrow. The siphonal canal is very short. The colouring consists of conspicuous rounded brown blotches, which upon the body whorl are disposed in two rows, one above and one below the middle of the whorl.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hong Kong.

References
  1. Gastropods.com: Daphnella spencerae
  2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1893) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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