Xanthodaphne imparella
Species of gastropod
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::summary Species of gastropod ::
| taxon =Xanthodaphne imparella | image = Xanthodaphne imparella 001.jpg | image_caption = Shell of Xanthodaphne imparella (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | authority = (Dall, 1908) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = Daphnella (Eubela) imparella Dall, 1908 | display_parents = 3
Xanthodaphne imparella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 12.7 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.
(Original description) The small, translucent white shell is smooth, polished, very thin, with a three-whorled yellow protoconch of the " Sinusigera " type, ending abruptly. The form of the shell is fusoid. The whorls are gently rounded, with about four whorls following the protoconch, marked only with lines of growth, obscure spiral markings, and on the siphonal canal a few obsolete spiral threads. The suture is distinct, not marginate. The aperture is lunate. The anal sulcus is very wide and shallow. The outer lip is thin, arcuately protractivc. The body is smooth. The columella is straight, obliquely truncate in front, hardly callous. The siphonal canal is wide, shallow, not recurved.
Distribution
The holotype of this marine species was found off Azuero Peninsula, southeast of Punta Mala, Panama, North Pacific Ocean at a depth of 2323 m.
References
References
- {{WRMS species. 435227. ''Xanthodaphne imparella'' (Dall, 1908). 5 April 2010
- [https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003646038 W.H. Dall (1908) Reports on the Mollusca and Brachiopoda, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. vol. 43]
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