Daphnella evergestis

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

Daphnella evergestis
Image of a shell of Daphnella evergestis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. evergestis
Binomial name
Daphnella evergestis
Melvill & Standen, 1901

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

The color of the whitish or straw shell is variegated with darker maculations on some examples. The shell is elegantly fusiform. It contains 8 whorls. These are rounded but much impressed at the sutures. The two almost vitreous whorls in the protoconch are most delicately decussate. The remainder of the whorls are closely obliquely ribbed, crossed by many spirals, slightly gemmulate at the points of junction. This gives a white shining appearance to the ribs, which on the body whorl number about twenty-six. The aperture is oval. The outer lip is thickened. The sinus vis ery superficial, but broad, close below the suture. The siphonal canal is slightly recurved and short. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

References
  1. Daphnella evergestis Melvill & Standen, 1901. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. 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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