Danilia otaviana
| Danilia otaviana | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Danilia otaviana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontidae |
| Genus: | Danilia |
| Species: | D. otaviana |
| Binomial name | |
| Danilia otaviana (Cantraine, 1835) [1] | |
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Danilia otaviana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2]
This species was described by Cantraine after a fossil shell he had found in Messina, Italy.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm. The shell has a globular shape. Its sculpture is fine and tight.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Spain, Madeira and the Cape Verdes.
References
- ↑ Cantraine (1835), Diagnoses, Bull. Acad. Roy. Belgique, p. 12
- ↑ Danilia otaviana (Cantraine, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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