''Rimosodaphnella angulata'' 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). . 39 ...
.
The original combination is a junior homonym of † ''Daphnella (Raphitoma) angulata''
Peyrot, 1938
The authorship of this species has been erroneously attributed to Kuroda, 1958 by Chen-Kwoh Chang in 2001.
Description
The length of the shell reaches 30 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Pacific coast of central
Honshu, Japan and off
Taiwan.
References
* Habe, Tadashige, and Osamu Masuda. Catalogue of the Molluscan Shells Donated by Mr. Hiroshi Noguchi to the Natural History Museum, Tokai University. Natural History Museum, Tokai University, 1990.
* Hasegawa, K., Okutani, T. and E. Tsuchida (2000) Family Turridae.In: Okutani, T. (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 619-667 (in Japanese)
* Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (2001) ''Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Gastropoda Bivalvia Polyplacophora Scaphopoda Type Figures.'' Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 208 pp.
External links
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data base: ''Rimosodaphnella angulata''Gastropods.com: ''Rimosodaphnella angulata''
angulata
Gastropods described in 1990
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