Daphnella flammea

Daphnella flammea
Image of a shell of Daphnella flammea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. flammea
Binomial name
Daphnella flammea
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula flammea Hinds, 1843
  • Daphnella (Daphnella) flammea (Hinds, 1843)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.

The shell is spirally closely striated. The outer lip is minutely crenulated within. The sinus is somewhat obsolete. The shell is whitish, ornamented with waved longitudinal chestnut flames.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Guinea, Japan and in China Sea; also off Réunion

References

  1. ^ a b Daphnella flammea (Hinds, 1843). 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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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