Daphnella vitrea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Daphnella vitrea Garrett, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719361 on 2019-04-02
This is a taxon inquirendum.
The variety Daphnella vitrea var. articulata Hervier, 1897 is also a taxon inquirendum.
Description The length of the shell attains 8 mm.
The thin, white shell is vitreous and subpellucid. It contains eight whorls, obtusely narrowly shouldered above, covered by fine spiral striae. The upper whorls are longitudinally ribbed. Each whorl shows two slight periodical varices. The outer lip is finely crenulated, slightly varicose externally. The sinus is large and deep.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution This species occurs ioff the Paumotus, Polynesia.
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