Diaugasma olyra

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

Diaugasma olyra
Shell of Diaugasma olyra (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Diaugasma
Species:
D. olyra
Binomial name
Diaugasma olyra
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella (Diaugasma) olyra (Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma olyra Reeve, 1845

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm. It can be distinguished from Diaugasma epicharta by its much larger size, say 11 mm. long, a wider aperture, a shorter spire, and a pink-tipped apex. It is likewise semi-transparent, and the very delicate spiral striation across the whorls is represented by the Reeve as sometimes evanescent altogether.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Taiwan.

References

  • Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20-33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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