Daphnella botanica
species of mollusc
Daphnella botanica, common names the botanic turrid and Botany Bay turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 26 mm, its diameter 7 mm.
(Original description) The shell is ovate, ventricose, thin, fragile and transparent. The body whorl is very much the largest. The shell is very closely reticulated throughout with fine raised lines, of which the transverse are the stronger. The aperture is large and sinuated. The base and the columella are truncated. The color of the shell is transparent white.
(Renamed by Hedley) The shell is slender-fusiform, slightly contracted at the base. The spire is produced.
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