Nepotilla diaphana, common name the transparent false-turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Nepotilla diaphana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Nepotilla
Species:
N. diaphana
Binomial name
Nepotilla diaphana
May, 1920

Description

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The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Tasmania.

References

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  1. ^ a b Nepotilla diaphana May, 1920. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • May, W.L. 1920. New species of Tasmanian Mollusca, with critical remarks on several described species, and additions to the list. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1919: 55-69 pls 14-17
  • May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
  • Grove, S. 2011. Conidae - Rhaphitominae: Nepotilla diaphana May, 1919 ('transparent false-turrid'). A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania website. https://molluscsoftasmania.org.au/project/nepotilla-diaphana/
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.