Daphnella hyalina

Daphnella hyalina
Shell of Daphnella hyalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Daphnella
Species:	D. hyalina
Binomial name
Daphnella hyalina (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
Daphnella (Daphnella) hyalina(Reeve, 1845) Pleurotoma hyalinaReeve, 1845

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

The thin, transparent shell is longitudinally very minutely and closely elevately striated throughout. It is whitish, encircled by distant chestnut lines, sometimes borne on striae. ^[2]

References

1. Daphnella hyalina (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20-33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.

External links

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