Daphnella lymneiformis
| Daphnella lymneiformis | |
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| Shell of Daphnella lymneiformis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Daphnella |
| Species: | D. lymneiformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnella lymneiformis (Kiener, 1840)
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Daphnella lymneiformis, common name the volute turret, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description[edit]
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[edit]
D. lymneiformis can be found in Atlantic and Caribbean waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida to Brazil.[3] Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata at Kikai Island, Japan; age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma
References[edit]
- ^ a b Daphnella lymneiformis (Kiener, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.
- W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
- Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
External links[edit]
- Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56-68, 109-123
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Daphnella lymneiformis