Rimosodaphnella angulata

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

Rimosodaphnella angulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Rimosodaphnella
Species:
R. angulata
Binomial name
Rimosodaphnella angulata
(Habe & Masuda, 1990)
Synonyms

Daphnella angulata Habe & Masuda, 1990

The original combination is a junior homonym of † Daphnella (Raphitoma) angulata Peyrot, 1938

The authorship of this species has been erroneously attributed to Kuroda, 1958 by Chen-Kwoh Chang in 2001.

Description

The length of the shell reaches 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Pacific coast of central Honshu, Japan and off Taiwan.

References

  • Habe, Tadashige, and Osamu Masuda. Catalogue of the Molluscan Shells Donated by Mr. Hiroshi Noguchi to the Natural History Museum, Tokai University. Natural History Museum, Tokai University, 1990.
  • Hasegawa, K., Okutani, T. and E. Tsuchida (2000) Family Turridae.In: Okutani, T. (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 619-667 (in Japanese)
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (2001) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Gastropoda Bivalvia Polyplacophora Scaphopoda Type Figures. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 208 pp.


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