Daphnellopsis fimbriata
| Daphnellopsis fimbriata | |
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| Shell of Daphnellopsis fimbriata (holotype at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ergalataxinae |
| Genus: | Daphnellopsis |
| Species: | D. fimbriata
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnellopsis fimbriata (Hinds, 1843)
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Daphnellopsis fimbriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is distributed along the Philippines, New Guinea and the Loyalty Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Daphnellopsis fimbriata (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2011.
- Kilburn R.N. (1992) On three species of Muricidae and Columbellidae, erroneously described as Turridae. Venus 51: 215–218. page(s): 217
- Houart R. (1995["1994"]) The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, ser. 4, 16(A, 2-4): 245-297.
- Houart R. (2013) The genus Daphnellopsis (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Recent and Quaternary of the Indo-West Pacific province. Journal of Conchology 41(4): 465-480
External links
[edit]- "Daphnellopsis fimbriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
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