Daphnellopsis fimbriata

Daphnellopsis fimbriata
Shell of Daphnellopsis fimbriata (holotype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Daphnellopsis
Species:	D. fimbriata
Binomial name
Daphnellopsis fimbriata (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
Clavatula fimbriata Hinds, 1843 Daphnellopsis lamellosa Schepman, 1913

Daphnellopsis fimbriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is distributed along the Philippines, New Guinea and the Loyalty Islands.

References

1. Daphnellopsis fimbriata (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2011.

• Kilburn R.N. (1992) On three species of Muricidae and Columbellidae, erroneously described as Turridae. Venus 51: 215–218. page(s): 217
• Houart R. (1995["1994"]) The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, ser. 4, 16(A, 2-4): 245-297.
• Houart R. (2013) The genus Daphnellopsis (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Recent and Quaternary of the Indo-West Pacific province. Journal of Conchology 41(4): 465-480

External links

• "Daphnellopsis fimbriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 April 2011.