Daphnella crebriplicata

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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|taxon =Daphnella crebriplicata

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|image_caption = Original image of a shell of Daphnella crebriplicata

|authority = (Reeve, 1846)

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|synonyms = Pleurotoma crebriplicata Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

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Daphnella crebriplicata, the closely plaited pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.{{WRMS species|433513|Daphnella crebriplicata (Reeve, 1846)||5 April 2010}}

Description

(Original description) The ovate, shell is ventricosely sinuated. The whorls are concentrically closely plaited and transversely closely ridged. The aperture is wide open. The color of the shell is white, profusely variegated with rich orange-brown. [https://archive.org/details/conchologiaiconi01reev L.A. Reeve (1843à - Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals vol. 1] {{PD-notice}}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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