Acanthodaphne pungens 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 Acanthodaphne pungens (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodaphne |
| Species: | A. pungens
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| Acanthodaphne pungens Morassi & Bonfitto, 2010
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 7 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Solomon Islands; also off Papua New Guinea.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). Acanthodaphne pungens Morassi & Bonfitto, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513847 on 2019-02-01
- Morassi, M. & Bonfitto, A. (2010) New raphitomine gastropods (Gastropoda: Conidae: Raphitominae) from the South-West Pacific. Zootaxa, 2526:54-68
External links
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