Pagodidaphne schepmani

Pagodidaphne schepmani
A drawing of the shell of Pagodidaphne schepmani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pagodidaphne
Species:
P. schepmani
Binomial name
Pagodidaphne schepmani
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms

Clathurella schepmani Thiele, 1925

Pagodidaphne schepmani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

The specific name schepmani is in honor of Dutch malacologist Mattheus Marinus Schepman.

Description

The height of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 1.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Somalia, East Africa.[citation needed]

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