Nepotilla marmorata

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

Nepotilla marmorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Nepotilla
Species:	N. marmorata
Binomial name
Nepotilla marmorata (Verco, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
Daphnella marmorata Verco, 1909 Nepotilla minuta marmorata (var.) (Verco, 1909)

Daphnella marmorata (Verco, 1909) is a junior homonym of Daphnella marmorata Hinds, 1844 ^[2]

Description

Joseph Verco (1909) and J.K. Tucker (2004) considered this species as a variety of Nepotilla minuta. Verco described it as beautifully marbled with flames of white and deep blackish-brown. ^[3]

Charles Hedley (1922) considered it as a variety of Nepotilla mimica ^[4]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania