Daphnella atractoides

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

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Daphnella atractoides
Original image of a shell of Daphnella atractoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. atractoides
Binomial name
Daphnella atractoides
Hervier, 1897

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5.5 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine spsecies occurs off Taiwan, New Caledonia and the Fiji Islands.

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References
  1. Daphnella atractoides Hervier, 1897. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Hervier, J., 1898 Description d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques, provenant de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (suite) Journal de Conchyliologie, 45"1897" 165-192
  • Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp
  • Hervier R.P. (1897), Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles provenant de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle Calédonie (suite); Journal de conchyliologie t.45 s.3 (1897)
  • MNHN, Paris: specimen
  • Gastropods.com: Daphnella (Daphnella) atractoides
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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