Daphnella dilecta

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Daphnella dilecta
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. dilecta
Binomial name
Daphnella dilecta
Sarasúa, 1992

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

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution[]

D. dilecta can be found in Caribbean waters, off the northwestern coast of Cuba.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Daphnella dilecta Sarasúa, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.
  • Sarasúa, H. (1992) Especie nueva en Daphnellinae (Gastropoda: Turridae). Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia, 16, 37–38.

External links[]

  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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