Daphnella effusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Daphnella effusa | |
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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. effusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnella effusa Sowerby III, 1896
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 15.5 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.
The graceful, reddish brown shell is much effused. The whorls are narrow and elongate. The sutures are impressed. The shell is spirally striate, decussated by growth lines. The outer lip is thin and scarcely sinuate.[2]
The species was described from a single broken specimen. The holotype has not been found.
Distribution
editThis marine species was found in the Pacific Ocean off Neeah Bay, Washington, USA.
References
edit- ^ Gastropods.com: Daphnella effusa
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Philip P. Carpenter "IV.—Diagnoses of new forms of Mollusca from the Vancouver district"