Daphnella flammea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Image of a shell of Daphnella flammea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Daphnella |
| Species: | D. flammea
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| Daphnella flammea (Hinds, 1843)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.
The shell is spirally closely striated. The outer lip is minutely crenulated within. The sinus is somewhat obsolete. The shell is whitish, ornamented with waved longitudinal chestnut flames.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Guinea, Japan and in China Sea; also off Réunion
References
edit- ^ a b Daphnella flammea (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ 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.
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daphnella flammea.
- Gastropods.com: Daphnella (Daphnella) flammea
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.