Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Synonyms: Eudaphnella Bartsch 1933, Paradaphne Laseron 1954
Parent taxon: Raphitomidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931, MacNeil 1960, Sepkoski 2002, Vredenburg 1921, Wilson 1994, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1970
Sister taxa: Abyssobela, Abyssothauma, Acamptodaphne, Acanthodaphne, Aliceia, Asperdaphne, Austrodaphnella, Austropusilla, Bathybela, Buccinaria, Cenodagreutes, Clathurina, Clinura, Cryptodaphne, Eubela, Eucyclotoma, Exomilus, Famelica, Favriella, Glyphostomoides, Gymnobela, Hemilienardia, Isodaphne, Kermia, Kuroshiodaphne, Leiosyrinx, Lusitanops, Magnella, Microdaphne, Microgenia, Mioawateria, Neopleurotomoides, Nepotilla, Pagodidaphne, Paramontana, Philbertia, Phymorhynchus, Pleurotomella, Pontiothauma, Pseudodaphnella, Raphitoma, Rimosodaphnella, Rocroithys, Spergo, Stilla, Taranidaphne, Taranis, Teleochilus, Teretia, Teretiopsis, Thatcheria, Thatcheriasyrinx, Thatcherina, Thesbia, Tritonoturris, Truncadaphne, Typhlosyrinx, Veprecula, Vepridaphne, Xanthodaphne, Zenepos, Metuonella, Rugobela, Puha, Phandella, Andonia, Maoridaphne
Subtaxa: Daphnella bartschi Daphnella clathrata Daphnella defectiva Daphnella lymneiformis Daphnella pagera
Type: Pleurotoma lymneiformis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections), Ecuador (1), Japan (1), Spain (1), United States (2: Florida, Hawaii)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Panama (1), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Denmark (1), Indonesia (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Peru (1), United States (12: Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina)
Total: 35 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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