''Acamptodaphne solomonensis'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2018). Acamptodaphne solomonensis Morassi & Bonfitto, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513842 on 2019-02-01
Taxonomic edit history
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Description
The length of the shell attains 8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the
Solomon Islands; also off
Papua New Guinea.
References
* Morassi, M. & Bonfitto, A. (2010) ''New raphitomine gastropods (Gastropoda: Conidae: Raphitominae) from the South-West Pacific''. Zootaxa, 2526:54-68
External links
Gastropods.com: ''Acamptodaphne solomonensis''
solomonensis
Gastropods described in 2010
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