Daphnella cancellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Drawing of the shell of Daphnella cancellata | |
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. cancellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnella cancellata Hutton, 1878
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Daphnella (Daphnella) cancellata Hutton, 1878 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 22 mm, its diameter 8 mm.
(Original description) The thin, finely cancellated shell has a fusiform shape. The spire is acute. The aperture is oblong, slightly channelled in front. It shows a slight posterior sinus. Its colour is yellowish-white, slightly blotched with brown. [2]
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Northland to Bay of Plenty and East Cape
References
edit- ^ a b Daphnella cancellata Hutton, 1878. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Hutton F.W. (1880) - Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca: A Systematic and Descriptive Catalogue of the Marine and Land Shells, and of the Soft Mollusks and Polyzoa of New Zealand
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Hutton ; Jour. de Conch., 1878 p. 18.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.