Daphnella proxima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Daphnella proxima | |
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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. proxima
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnella proxima K. Oyama & Y. Takemura, 1958
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| Synonyms | |
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Daphnella (Daphnella) proxima K. Oyama & Y. Takemura, 1958 | |
This name is unaccepted as a nomen nudum
Description
editThe length of this shell attains 38 mm. The shell is a long spiral.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the East China Sea. They have been found along the Japanese coast in places like Okinawa.[2]
References
edit- ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Daphnella proxima
- ^ "TURRIDAE - RAPHITOMIDAE, Daphnella proxima | Conchology". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- Oyama, K., Y. Takemura et al. 1958 The molluscan shells. Tokyo 1: 61
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.