Daphnella effusa

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

Daphnella effusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. effusa
Binomial name
Daphnella effusa
Sowerby III, 1896

Description

The length of the shell attains 15.5 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.

The graceful, reddish brown shell is much effused. The whorls are narrow and elongate. The sutures are impressed. The shell is spirally striate, decussated by growth lines. The outer lip is thin and scarcely sinuate.[2]

The species was described from a single broken specimen. The holotype has not been found.

Distribution

This marine species was found in the Pacific Ocean off Neeah Bay, Washington, USA.

References
  1. Gastropods.com: Daphnella effusa
  2. 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.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Philip P. Carpenter "IV.—Diagnoses of new forms of Mollusca from the Vancouver district"
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