Daphnella dea

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

Daphnella dea
Original image of a shell of Daphnella dea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. dea
Binomial name
Daphnella dea
Melvill, 1904

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

This thin, inflated, fusiform shell is almost colourless. It contains 8-9 whorls, of which four in the protoconch. These are ochreous and show a decussating sculpture of the finest character. The apex is smooth and vitreous. The subsequent whorls are inflated and decussate. The longitudinals are oblique and tenuous. The aperture is oblong. The thin outer lip hardly exhibits any sinus. The siphonal canal is short. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman .

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References
  1. Daphnella dea Melvill, 1904. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Melvill J.C. Descriptions of twenty-eight Species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. v. 6 1904 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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