Daphnella flammea

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

Daphnella flammea
Image of a shell of Daphnella flammea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Daphnella
Species:	D. flammea
Binomial name
Daphnella flammea (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
Clavatula flammea Hinds, 1843 Daphnella (Daphnella) flammea (Hinds, 1843)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.

The shell is spirally closely striated. The outer lip is minutely crenulated within. The sinus is somewhat obsolete. The shell is whitish, ornamented with waved longitudinal chestnut flames.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Guinea, Japan and in China Sea; also off Réunion