Daphnella tenuiclathrata

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

Daphnella tenuiclathrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. tenuiclathrata
Binomial name
Daphnella tenuiclathrata
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma (Daphnella) tenuiclathrata E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

The small, ovate shell is semi-translucent with very dilute golden yellow spots. It consists of about 9 whorls, of which three in the protoconch. The spiral lirations are very numerous and beautifully minutely beaded. The aperture measures about half the total length of the shell. The outer lip is thin. It is deeply sinuate at the suture. The columella is wrinkled. The siphonal canal is short.[1]

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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