Daphnella reeveana

Daphnella reeveana
Shell of Daphnella reeveana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. reeveana
Binomial name
Daphnella reeveana
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella reeveana (Pease, 1868)
  • Clathurella tumida Pease, 1868
  • Hemidaphne tumida Pease, 1867
  • Pleurotoma reeveana Deshayes, 1863 (original combination)
  • Pleurotomoides reeveana (Deshayes, 1863)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 9 mm.

The surface of this shell is almost microscopically decussated, the spiral sculpture being generally the strongest. The color of the shell is whitish, with light chestnut revolving lines, irregularly distributed, approximating or distant.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Réunion, Mauritius and the Andaman Islands.

References

  1. ^ Daphnella reeveana Deshayes. 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 Public Domain 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.
  • Pease W.H. (1868 ["1867"). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 211-22]
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Li B.-Q. [Baoquan & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17-18): 999-1025]