Daphnella lymneiformis

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Daphnella lymneiformis
Shell of Daphnella lymneiformis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. lymneiformis
Binomial name
Daphnella lymneiformis
(Kiener, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella barbadensis Nowell-Usticke, 1971
  • Daphnella decorata Adams, 1850
  • Daphnella (Daphnella) lymneiformis (Kiener, 1840)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pleurotoma decorata C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Pleurotoma lymneiformis Kiener, 1840 (original combination)

Daphnella lymneiformis, common name the volute turret, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 20 mm.

The whorls show narrow, close, revolving ridges, the earlier ones with longitudinal ribs. The color of the shell is white, irregularly maculated with chestnut, often forming longitudinal zigzag markings. [2]

Distribution

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