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Daphnella effusa

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Daphnella effusa
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. effusa
Binomial name
Daphnella effusa
Sowerby III, 1896

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 15.5 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.

The graceful, reddish brown shell is much effused. The whorls are narrow and elongate. The sutures are impressed. The shell is spirally striate, decussated by growth lines. The outer lip is thin and scarcely sinuate.[2]

The species was described from a single broken specimen. The holotype has not been found.

Distribution

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This marine species was found in the Pacific Ocean off Neeah Bay, Washington, USA.

References

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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Philip P. Carpenter "IV.—Diagnoses of new forms of Mollusca from the Vancouver district"