Daphnella patula

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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|name = Daphnella patula

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|image_caption= Shell of Daphnella patula (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)

|authority = (Reeve, 1845)

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  • Daphnella (Daphnella) patula (Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma patula Reeve, 1845

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Daphnella patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.{{WRMS species|433545|Daphnella patula (Reeve, 1845)||5 April 2010}}

Description

This species has a shorter spire than Daphnella lymneiformis. It has a low beaded keel just below the suture but it persists through the adult stage.[https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0339/report.pdf MacNeil, Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa; USGS Geological Survey Professional Paper 339, 1960]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  • Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20-33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Powell, A. W. B., 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 5:1-184123.