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Daphnella omaleyi (Melvill 1899)

Daphnella omaleyi

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

A very delicate flesh-coloured shining shell with oblong aperture and produced siphonal canal. This attenuate-fusiform shell contains 7 whorls, including two decussated and alveolate apical whorls. They are much impressed at the sutures, longitudinally few-ribbed, there are but seven on the body whorl, and spirally obscurely lirate. The outer lip and the base of the siphonal canal are tinged with brown. The columella is upright. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

References

  1. ^ a b Daphnella omaleyi (Melvill, 1899). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ J.C. Melvill, Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, with Descriptions of Twenty-seven Species; The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology ser. 7 vol. 4 (1899)

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Daphnella omaleyi: Brief Summary

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Daphnella omaleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

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