Daphnella delicata

Daphnella delicata
Original image of a shell of Daphnella delicata
Scientific classification
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]

Description

The subulate, elongated shell is thin and hyaline. It is transversely minutely and very closely 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

References

1. Daphnella delicata Reeve . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
2. L.A. Reeve (1843à - Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals vol. 1 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
• Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.