Daphnella evergestis
Species of gastropod
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::summary Species of gastropod ::
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Daphnella evergestis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
The color of the whitish or straw shell is variegated with darker maculations on some examples. The shell is elegantly fusiform. It contains 8 whorls. These are rounded but much impressed at the sutures. The two almost vitreous whorls in the protoconch are most delicately decussate. The remainder of the whorls are closely obliquely ribbed, crossed by many spirals, slightly gemmulate at the points of junction. This gives a white shining appearance to the ribs, which on the body whorl number about twenty-six. The aperture is oval. The outer lip is thickened. The sinus is very superficial, but broad, close below the suture. The siphonal canal is slightly recurved and short.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.
References
References
- {{WRMS species. 433522. ''Daphnella evergestis'' Melvill & Standen, 1901. 5 April 2010
- [https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo19012zo Melvill & Standen (1901) Mollusks from the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 2, 1901]
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