Daphnella phyxelis
Daphnella phyxelis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Daphnella phyxelis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Daphnella |
Species: | D. phyxelis |
Binomial name | |
Daphnella phyxelis Barnard, 1964 | |
Description
The length of this broken shell may have been 12 mm long. The holotype consists of the protoconch and two subsequent whorls.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Natal, South Africa.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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