Daphnellopsis fimbriata
Shell of Daphnellopsis fimbriata (holotype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Daphnellopsis
Species:
D. fimbriata
Binomial name
Daphnellopsis fimbriata
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula fimbriata Hinds, 1843
  • Daphnellopsis lamellosa Schepman, 1913

Daphnellopsis fimbriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is distributed along the Philippines, New Guinea and the Loyalty Islands.

References

  • 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
  • "Daphnellopsis fimbriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 April 2011.


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