Danilia otaviana

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Danilia otaviana
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Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Danilia otaviana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Danilia
Species:
†D. otaviana
Binomial name
†Danilia otaviana
(Cantraine, 1835) [1]
Synonyms
  • Danilia octaviana(Cantraine, F.J., 1835) (misspelling)
  • Olivia otavianaCantraine, 1835 (original combination)
  • Ziziphinus profugusGregorio, A. de, 1889 (juvenile)

Danilia otaviana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae. [2]

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This species was described by Cantraine after a fossil shell he had found in Messina, Italy.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm. The shell has a globular shape. Its sculpture is fine and tight.

Distribution

This fossil species is found in the Mediterranean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Spain, Madeira and the Cape Verdes.

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References

  1. ↑ Cantraine (1835), Diagnoses, Bull. Acad. Roy. Belgique, p. 12
  2. ↑ Danilia otaviana (Cantraine, 1835) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .


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