Daphnella corbula

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Daphnella corbula is a species of minuscule sea snail, a marine gastropod micromollusk in the family Raphitomidae.{{WRMS species|433512|Daphnella corbula Thiele, 1925||5 April 2010}}

Description

The shell of this species attains a length of 3.8 mm and a width of 1.75 mm. The specimen collected when the species was discovered has 5.75 coils. The protoconch is indistinguishable from the rest of the shell, and the remaining 3.5 coils have fairly pronounced, rounded spiral sculpture and transverse ribs. The shoulder edge is strongly protruding, and the spaces in between them are granular. The aperture has a clear indentation at the top, a row of nodes in the inside, and a strong varix-like thickening on the outside.

Distribution

The marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean, with instances recorded off South Africa (near {{Coord|32.3|S|29.1|E}}, {{Coord|32.2|S|29.0|E|}}){{Cite GBIF|id=6509378|taxon=Daphnella corbula|access-date=2024-07-28}} and Sumatra, Indonesia (near {{Coord|1.0|S|98.0|E}}, {{Coord|0.5|S|98.0|E}}{{efn|name=n1}}).

Footnotes

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{{efn|name=n1|Source states site of discovery as "Station 193," which exists at said coordinates.}}

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References

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{{cite journal| url=http://olivirv.myspecies.info/sites/olivirv.myspecies.info/files/Gastropoda%20II%20%5Bin%20Deutsche%20Tief%20-%20Thiele%2C%20K.H.J.%20%28Karl%20Hermann%20Jo.pdf | last=Thiele | first=J | year=1925 | title=Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition | trans-title=Gastropods of the German Deep-Sea Expedition | lang=de | journal=Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 II. Teil | volume=17 | issue=2 | publisher=Gustav Fischer | location=Berlin}} D.corbula is described in p. 213 (PDF; p. 216 of the original paper version).

{{cite journal|title=Annotated catalogue of the types of Triphoridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, with lectotype designations|last1=Albano|first1=Paolo G.|last2=Bakker|first2=Piet A.J.|journal=Zoosystematics and Evolution|volume=92|issue=1|pages=33-78|date=2016-02-19|doi=10.3897/zse.92.5936|doi-access=free| url=https://zse.pensoft.net/article/5936/list/6/|access-date=2024-07-28}}

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External links

{{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| journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 }}

corbula

Category:Gastropods described in 1925