''Austrodaphnella'' is a
genus
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sea snail
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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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). . 39 ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Austrodaphnella'' include:
* ''
Austrodaphnella alcestis''
(Melvill, 1906)
* ''
Austrodaphnella clathrata''
Laseron, 1954
* ''
Austrodaphnella torresensis''
Shuto, 1983
* ''
Austrodaphnella yemenensis''
Bonfitto ''et al.'', 2001
References
* Laseron, C. 1954. ''Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca).'' Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12.
* 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
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308*
Bonfitto, A., Sabelli, B. & Morassi, M. (2001) ''Austrodaphnella yemenensis new species (Gastropoda: Turridae) from Yemen, Red Sea, with notes on A. alcestis (Melvill, 1906).'' The Nautilus, 115, 84–89 with description of the genus.
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