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Daphnella delicata

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Daphnella delicata
Original image of a shell of Daphnella delicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. delicata
Binomial name
Daphnella delicata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella philippiana Dunker, R.W., 1871
  • Daphnella (Daphnella) delicata (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma delicata Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Daphnella delicata, common name the delicate pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

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(Original description) The subulate, elongated shell is thin and hyaline. It is transversely minutely and very closely elevately striated. The aperture is short. The color of the shell is transparent white, very palely spotted with orange. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu, Tahiti and Samoa

References

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  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.