Daphnella butleri

Species of gastropod

Daphnella butleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Daphnella
Species:	D. butleri
Binomial name
*Daphnella butleri* (Smith E. A., 1882)
Synonyms^[1]
Pleurotoma (Daphnella) butleri Smith E. A., 1882

Daphnella butleri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

The white shell is oblong and slightly twisted. It probably contains eight whorls (the protoconch is broken off). The remaining whorls are rather flat. The shell is remarkable for the 13-14 slender ribs, which incline a little to the left at the upper suture, and the eight delicate thread-like lirations, of which the two or three uppermost are situated nearer together than the rest. About half a dozen of these encircle the base of the body whorl and become developed on crossing the fine ribs into little nodules. The thin callus on the upright columella is united above to the outer lip, and with it forms a loop-like sinus. The aperture is very narrow and measures about half the total length. The narrow siphonal canal is very short. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

^ ^a ^b Daphnella butleri (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
^ Smith E.A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 296-306 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.