Daphnella cecilliae

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Daphnella cecilliae
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Original image of a shell of Daphnella cecilliae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. cecilliae
Binomial name
Daphnella cecilliae
Melvill & Standen, 1901

Daphnella cecilliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1] [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

A most graceful white fusiform species, resembling a mitra of the genus Cancilla . It contains nine whorls of which three straw-colored in the protoconch. On the fourth and fifth whorls the longitudinal ribs are fewer and more incrassate than on the penultimate and body whorl. The same with the spiral lirae. On the body whorl these lirae are of varying thickness, the interstices are alveate. The whitish aperture is oblong. The outer lip is slightly incrassate. The sinus is not deep. The columella stands upright. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Daphnella cecilliae Melvill & Standen, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1520573 on 2023-08-01
  2. 1 2 Melvill & Standen (1901) Mollusks from the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 2, 1901