Daphnella axis (Reeve 1846)

Daphnella axis, common name the axle pleuratoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Description

(Original description) The shell is straightly acuminate and contracted at the upper part. The whorls show two keels round the upper part. They are transversely faintly ridged beneath. The aperture is oblong. The sinus, which is formed between the two keels, is unusually deep. The color of the shell is whitish, somewhat indistinctly stained with orange-brown. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, in the Gulf of Oman and in the Gulf of Carpentaria - Queensland, Australia

References

• Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151–162
• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
• Boettger, O. 1895. Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 27(1-2, 3-4): 1-20, 41-63
• Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983, "Amphibia and Reptilia", Ed. Walton, D.W. (ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia, vol. 1, pp. 313 pp., Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra

Daphnella axis is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Raphitomidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1846 door Reeve.

Daphnella axis é uma espécie de gastrópode do gênero Daphnella, pertencente à família Raphitomidae.^[2]

Referências

Daphnella axis là một loài ốc biển, là động vật thân mềm chân bụng sống ở biển trong họ Conidae.^[1]

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