''Rimosodaphnella'' is a

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of sea snails, marine gastropod

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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). . 3 ...

Description

(Original description) The diagnosis that Cossmann previously provided in support of ''Bellardiella'' does not apply - as we have seen above - to the

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which is a typical ''

Clathurella ''Clathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae. Description The shell is fusiform or turriculated. The columella lip has no callosity, except a small posterior tooth. There is no operculum. T ...

''. It remains to name the shells which, like ''Pl. textilis'', are not true ''Daphnella'', because of their more twisted and shorter

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, their more elongated

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, and their narrower

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in front. This group absolutely deviates from ''Clathurella'' because of its thin outer

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, its very deep sinus, its unpleated

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, so that there is only a distant analogy in ornamentation. Cossmann therefore takes up for this group - as a subgenus of ''Daphnella'' - the name ''Rimosodaphnella''

Species

Species within the genus ''Rimosodaphnella'' include: * ''

Rimosodaphnella angulata ''Rimosodaphnella angulata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet ...

'' (Habe & Masuda, 1990) * ''

Rimosodaphnella brunneolineata ''Rimosodaphnella brunneolineata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bo ...

'' Bonfitto & Morassi, 2013 * ''

Rimosodaphnella deroyae ''Rimosodaphnella deroyae'', common name DeRoy Keyhole Limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in ...

'' McLean & Poorman, 1971 * ''

Rimosodaphnella guaradara ''Rimosodaphnella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. Description (Original description) The diagnosis that Cossmann previously provided in support of ''Bellardiella'' does not apply - as we have ...

'' Criscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021 * ''

Rimosodaphnella morra ''Rimosodaphnella morra'', common name the Morra daphnella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 11 mm. (Original description ...

'' (Dall, 1881) * ''

Rimosodaphnella semicolon ''Rimosodaphnella semicolon'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. Description Distribution Fossils of this species were found in the Coralline Crag and Red Crag ''Red Crag'' or '' ...

'' (Wood, 1842) * ''

Rimosodaphnella solomonensis ''Rimosodaphnella solomonensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouc ...

'' Bonfitto & Morassi, 2013 * ''

Rimosodaphnella tenuipurpurata ''Rimosodaphnella tenuipurpurata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bo ...

'' Bonfitto & Morassi, 2013 * † ''

Rimosodaphnella textilis ''Rimosodaphnella textilis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. Description The shell reaches a length of 16 mm, its diameter of 5.5 mm.The shell is subulately turreted, longit ...

'' (Brocchi, 1814) * ''

Rimosodaphnella truvana ''Rimosodaphnella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. Description (Original description) The diagnosis that Cossmann previously provided in support of ''Bellardiella'' does not apply - as we have ...

'' Criscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Rimosodaphnella sculpta'' (Hinds, 1843): synonym of ''

Veprecula sculpta ''Veprecula sculpta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the shell attains 21 mm. The whorl A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a ...

'' (Hinds, 1843)

References

External links

Cossmann M. (1916). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Dixième livraison. Paris, published by the author. 292 pp., 12 pls.

Bonfitto A. & Morassi M. (2013) ''New Indo-Pacific species of Rimosodaphnella Cossmann, 1916 (Gastropoda: Conoidea): a genus of probable Tethyan origin''. Molluscan Research

Criscione, F., Hallan, A., Puillandre, N. & Fedosov, A. (2021). Snails in depth: integrative taxonomy of Famelica, Glaciotomella and Rimosodaphnella (Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of temperate Australia. Invertebrate Systematics. 35: 940-962

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
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