Daphnella cancellata

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Daphnella cancellata
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Drawing of the shell of Daphnella cancellata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. cancellata
Binomial name
Daphnella cancellata
Hutton, 1878
Synonyms [1]

Daphnella (Daphnella) cancellataHutton, 1878

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm, its diameter 8 mm.

(Original description) The thin, finely cancellated shell has a fusiform shape. The spire is acute. The aperture is oblong, slightly channelled in front. It shows a slight posterior sinus. Its colour is yellowish-white, slightly blotched with brown. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Northland to Bay of Plenty and East Cape

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