Daphnella arcta
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|image_caption = Image of a shell of Daphnella arcta
|authority = (Smith E. A., 1884)
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- Daphnella (Daphnella) arcta (Smith, 1884)
- Mangilia arcta Smith E.A., 1884
- Pleurotoma arcta Smith E. A., 1884
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Daphnella arcta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.{{WRMS species|433497|Daphnella arcta (Smith E. A., 1884)||5 April 2010}}
Description
This is a narrow cytharoid species, evidently a near ally of the protean Paraclathurella gracilenta, Reeve, 1843. The granulately cancellate third whorl hints at identity with this, and also the form of the aperture and outer lip. But the mature shell is more abbreviate and considerably smaller. As E.A. Smith points out, there is much variation in the colour; some specimens are white, others reddish, and we have examples from Hong Kong of a dark greenish brown.[https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofmal1213191619mala J.C. Melvill (1917), A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1914; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London vol. 12, 1917] {{PD-notice}}
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and off Japan.
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- {{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=E.A. |title=Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |date=1877 |volume=4 |issue=19 |pages=488–501 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19241774}}
- {{cite journal | last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K. | year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf | format = PDF | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 }}
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