Daphnella lymneiformis
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|image_caption = Shell of Daphnella lymneiformis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
|authority = (Kiener, 1840)
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- Daphnella barbadensis Nowell-Usticke, 1971
- Daphnella decorata Adams, 1850
- Daphnella (Daphnella) lymneiformis (Kiener, 1840)· accepted, alternate representation
- Pleurotoma decorata C. B. Adams, 1850
- Pleurotoma lymneiformis Kiener, 1840 (original combination)
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Daphnella lymneiformis, common name the volute turret, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.{{WRMS species|420373|Daphnella lymneiformis (Kiener, 1840)||5 April 2010}}
Description
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 20 mm.
The whorls show narrow, close, revolving ridges, the earlier ones with longitudinal ribs. The color of the shell is white, irregularly maculated with chestnut, often forming longitudinal zigzag markings. [https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] {{PD-notice}}
Distribution
D. lymneiformis can be found in Atlantic and Caribbean waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida to Brazil.Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667. Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata at Kikai Island, Japan; age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma
References
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- W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
- Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
External links
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796470 Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56-68, 109-123]
- [http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/33-Rosenberg%20et%20al%202009-Gastropoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.]
- {{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 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 }}
- [http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_1984.shtml Gastropods.com: Daphnella lymneiformis]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1840
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