Daphnella mitrellaformis
Shell of Daphnella mitrellaformis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. mitrellaformis
Binomial name
Daphnella mitrellaformis
(Nomura, 1940)
Synonyms[1]
  • Colus mitrellaformis Nomura, 1940
  • Daphnella (Daphnella) mitrellaformis (Nomura, S., 1940)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan

References

  • Nomura, S., 1940: Mollusca dredged by the Husa-maru from the Pacific coast of Tiba Prefecture, Japan. Rec Oceanogr Works Japan 12(1): 81–116
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Li B.-Q. [Baoquan] & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17–18): 999–1025
  • Gastropods.com: Daphnella (Daphnella) mitrellaformis


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