Daphnella phyxelis

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Daphnella phyxelis
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. phyxelis
Binomial name
Daphnella phyxelis
Barnard, 1964

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

Description[edit]

The length of this broken shell may have been 12 mm long. The holotype consists of the protoconch and two subsequent whorls.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Natal, South Africa.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Barnard, K. H. "The work of the ss Pieter Faure in Natal waters, with special reference to the Crustacea and Mollusca; with descriptions of new species of Mollusca from Natal." Annals of the Natal Museum 16.1 (1964): 9-29.

External links[edit]

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.


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