Daphnella xylois

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

Daphnella xylois
Original image of a shell of Daphnella xylois
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. xylois
Binomial name
Daphnella xylois
Melvill & Standen, 1901

This is a taxon inquirendum.

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

This delicate, white, fusiform shell contains 9½ whorls, of which 2½ in the protoconch. It is beautifully encircled with microscopic cancellae, which are gemmuled at the points of junction, giving a sericeous appearance to the surface when examined with an ordinary lens of low power. Under a higher objective the protoconch is perceived to be vitreous, most delicately cancellate throughout. The next three whorls possess coarse varicose longitudinal ribs. The remaining whorls are all plane and clouded with flame-like chestnut markings. The white aperture is oblong. The sinus of the holotype (probably not full grown) is not discernible. The outer lip is slightly effuse. The columella is thin. The siphonal canal is extremely short.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

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References
  1. Melvill & Standen (1901) Mollusks from the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 2, 1901
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