Daphnella ticaonica

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

Daphnella ticaonica
Shell of Daphnella ticaonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. ticaonica
Binomial name
Daphnella ticaonica
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eucyclotoma ticaonica (Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma ticaonica Reeve, 1845 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

The whorls are rather ventricose and spirally irregularly ridged. The interstices between the ridges are very minutely latticed. The sinus is small. The color of the shell is whitish, flamed here and there with orange-brown. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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References
  1. Daphnella ticaonica (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20-33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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