Daphnella curta

Daphnella curta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Daphnella curta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Daphnella
Species:	D. curta
Binomial name
Daphnella curta Pease, 1868

This is a ttaxon inquirendum.

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

(Original description) 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.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu Islands