Daphnella diluta

Daphnella diluta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Daphnella diluta
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]
Daphnella (Daphnella) diluta Sowerby III, 1897

Description

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]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia.

References

1. Daphnella diluta Sowerby III, 1896. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
2. Sowerby III, G. B. (1896). List of the Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 2(1): 24-32, pl. 3

• Cotton, B.C. 1947. Australian Recent and Tertiary Turridae. Adelaide : Field Naturalist's Section of the Royal Society of South Australia. Conchology Club Vol. 4 pp. 1-34.

External links

• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.