Daphnella varicosa

Daphnella varicosa
Shell of Daphnella varicosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Daphnella
Species:	D. varicosa
Binomial name
Daphnella varicosa (Souverbie & Montrozier, 1874)
Synonyms [1]
Pleurotoma varicosaSouverbie & Montrozier, 1874

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

The variety Daphnella varicosa var. subrissoidesHervier, 1897 is a synonym of Tritonoturris subrissoides (Hervier, 1897) (basionym)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 16 mm.

The shell is finely reticulated by growth and revolving striae, with larger spiral lirae, crossed by non-continuous varices. The color of the shell is yellowish white, with minute white markings on the spiral ridges, and a large brown spot on the back of the body whorl apparent also within the aperture. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Taiwan, the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia and Hawaii

References

1. Daphnella varicosa (Souverbie & Montrozier, 1874) . 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 .

• 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Daphnella varicosa