Daphnella lyonsi, common name the sieve daphnella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Daphnella lyonsi | |
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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. lyonsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnella lyonsi Espinosa & Fernandez Garces, 1990
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Daphnella (Daphnella) lyonsi Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés, 1990· accepted, alternate representation | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 11 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba and the Virgin Islands
References
edit- ^ a b Daphnella lyonsi Espinosa & Fernandez Garces, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Espinosa J. & Fernández-Garcés R. (1990). El género Daphnella (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) en Cuba. Descripción de nuevas especies. Poeyana. 396: 1-16.
External links
edit- Gastropods.com: Daphnella lyonsi
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.