Daphnella delicata

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Daphnella delicata
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Original image of a shell of Daphnella delicata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. delicata
Binomial name
Daphnella delicata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Daphnella philippianaDunker, R.W., 1871
  • Daphnella (Daphnella) delicata(Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma delicataReeve, 1846 (original combination)

Daphnella delicata, common name the delicate pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]

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Description

(Original description) The subulate, elongated shell is thin and hyaline. It is transversely minutely and very closely elevately striated. The aperture is short. The color of the shell is transparent white, very palely spotted with orange. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu, Tahiti and Samoa

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