Cacodaphnella delgada

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Cacodaphnella delgada
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Original image of a shell (and its protoconch) of Cacodaphnella delgada
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cacodaphnella
Species:
C. delgada
Binomial name
Cacodaphnella delgada
Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Cacodaphnella delgada, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Pacific Ocean off Nicaragua

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References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Cacodaphnella delgada Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433179 on 2017-04-07