Daphnella phyxelis

Daphnella phyxelis
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. phyxelis
Binomial name
Daphnella phyxelis
Barnard, 1964

Daphnella phyxelis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The length of this broken shell may have been 12 mm long. The holotype consists of the protoconch and two subsequent whorls.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Natal, South Africa.

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.


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