Daphnella diluta
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| Daphnella diluta | |
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| Original image of Daphnella diluta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Daphnella |
| Species: | D. diluta |
| Binomial name | |
| Daphnella diluta Sowerby III, 1896 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Daphnella (Daphnella) diluta Sowerby III, 1897 | |
Daphnella diluta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 4.25 mm.
The white oblong-ovate shell is sparsely maculate with red dots. The spire is acutely conical. The shell contains 6 convex, rounded whorls, subtly spirally striated. The large body whorl is oval and not rostrate. The aperture is wide. The outer lip is thin and arcuate, moderately sinuous below. [2]
