Daphnella terina
Daphnella terina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Daphnella terina | |
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Original image of a shell of Daphnella terina | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Daphnella |
Species: | D. terina |
Binomial name | |
Daphnella terina Melvill & Standen, 1896 | |
Synonyms | |
Daphnella (Daphnella) terina Melvill & Standen, 1896 |
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.
The delicate, white shell has a fusiform shape. It contains six whorls. The upper ones are turreted and finely striated. The subsequent whorls show indistinct longitudinal ribs, except on the body whorl. The body whorl shows brown spots below the suture and brown flames at the back and below. The narrow aperture is oblique. The outer lip is simple. The sinus is small. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia and the Gulf of Carpentaria to Queensland, Australia
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References
- Daphnella terina Melvill & Standen, 1896. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315
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- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Daphnella (Daphnella) terina
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
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