Daphnella delicata | |
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Original image of a shell of Daphnella delicata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Daphnella |
Species: | D. delicata
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Binomial name | |
Daphnella delicata (
Reeve, 1846)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Daphnella delicata, common name the delicate pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]
(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]
This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu, Tahiti and Samoa
Daphnella delicata | |
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Original image of a shell of Daphnella delicata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Daphnella |
Species: | D. delicata
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Binomial name | |
Daphnella delicata (
Reeve, 1846)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Daphnella delicata, common name the delicate pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]
(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]
This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu, Tahiti and Samoa