Daphnella cheverti

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

Daphnella cheverti
Original image of a shell of Daphnella cheverti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. cheverti
Binomial name
Daphnella cheverti
Hedley, 1922
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella (Daphnella) cheverti Hedley, 1922
  • Daphnella pluricarinata Brazier, 1876 (not Pleurotoma pluricarinata Reeve, 1845)

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 2.6 mm.

(Original description) The small, thin shell has a narrow-fusiform shape. It is subturreted, blunt at the apex, and attenuate anteriorly. Its colour is ochraceous-buff, gradually becoming darker towards the apex. It contains six whorls, of which three compose the protoconch. The body whorl is rounded, the earlier ones angled at the shoulder. The sculpture is delicate. The radials are close thin lamellae which do not surmount the spirals, but rise into scales along the sutures. The spirals are sharp widely-spaced threads, of which there are twenty on the body whorl, evenly distributed between the fasciole and the end of the siphonal canal. Five of these ascend the penultimate whorl. The aperture is simple. The outer lip is thin. The sinus is wide and shallow. The siphonal canal is produced. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

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References
  1. Daphnella cheverti Hedley, 1922. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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