Diptychophlia occata

Diptychophlia occata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm. The shell is light yellowish brown. The fusiform shell is slender and attenuated. The sculpture is angular from the ribs being continuous. The seven whorls are transversely ploughed. The suture is simple. The aperture is contracted, linear and a little oblique. The siphonal canal is of medium length.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Pacific Panama.