Daphnella curta


Daphnella curta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
This is a ttaxon inquirendum.

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
The abbreviate, white shell is ovate. The short spire is transversely, regularly finely granulosely ridged. Longitudinally it is indistinctly striate. The aperture is rather open and measures about one-half the length of the shell.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu Islands