Daphnella receptoria
Daphnella receptoria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Daphnella receptoria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Daphnella |
| Species: | D. receptoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Daphnella receptoria Melvill & Standen, 1901 | |
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J. Tucker considers this species as a synonym of Clathurina receptoria (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901) [2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 18.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.
A most graceful, dark ocher, fusiform species. It contains seven angulate whorls. The protoconch is vitreous and purple colored. The subsequent whorls are impressed at the suture. The wide aperture is oblong and is whitish on the inside. The outer lip is lunulate. The columella stands almost upright. The siphonal canal is short.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Makran coast, Baluchistan.
References
- Melvill & Standen (1901) Mollusks from the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 2, 1901
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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