Daphnella omaleyi

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

Daphnella omaleyi
Original image of a shell of Daphnella omaleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Daphnella
Species:	D. omaleyi
Binomial name
Daphnella omaleyi (Melvill, 1899)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella omaleyi Melvill, 1899

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

A very delicate flesh-coloured shining shell with oblong aperture and produced siphonal canal. This attenuate-fusiform shell contains 7 whorls, including two decussated and alveolate apical whorls. They are much impressed at the sutures, longitudinally few-ribbed, there are but seven on the body whorl, and spirally obscurely lirate. The outer lip and the base of the siphonal canal are tinged with brown. The columella is upright. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.