Daphnella grundifera

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

Daphnella grundifera
Shell and protoconch of Daphnella grundifera (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. grundifera
Binomial name
Daphnella grundifera
(W. H. Dall, 1927)
Synonyms[1]

Gymnobela grundifera Dall, 1927

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.2 mm, its diameter 3.3 mm.

(Original description) The small, biconic, white shell has a brown rounded sinusigera protoconch consisting of three whorls, followed by three subsequent whorls. The suture is appressed, minutely crenulated by the ends of the axial sculpture in front of it. The anal sulcus is wide and only moderately deep. The fasciole is wide, sculptured with retractively arcuate, sharp, elevated lines. The other axial sculpture consists of well-marked incremental lines, and faint narrow indications of obsolete ribbing. The spiral sculpture consists of a single strong peripheral keel, about eight slender low threads with wider interspaces in front of it, minutely crenulate by the axial sculpture, and much closer fine threading on the siphonal canal. The base is moderately rounded. The columella is straight and attenuated in front. The siphonal canal is short and wide. The outer lip is thin and arcuate. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Georgia, USA, and off Guadeloupe and Cuba

References
  1. Daphnella grundifera (Dall, 1927). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Dall, William Healey. "Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer Albatross in 1885 and 1886." Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1927) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Collection si.edu: Daphnella grundifera
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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