Daphnella patula
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| Shell of Daphnella patula (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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. patula
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnella patula (Reeve, 1845)
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Daphnella patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description[edit]
This species has a shorter spire than Daphnella lymneiformis. It has a low beaded keel just below the suture but it persists through the adult stage.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Daphnella patula (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ MacNeil, Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa; USGS Geological Survey Professional Paper 339, 1960
- Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20-33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
- Powell, A. W. B., 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 5:1-184123.
External links[edit]
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- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.