Gastropod

Daphnella varicosa

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 9–146 m

A small sea snail of soft sediments, this turrid lives from about nine metres down to nearly one hundred and fifty. Snails of its group hunt worms with a venom tipped dart, a trait that runs through the wider cone and turrid lineage.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Raphitomidae › Daphnella

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 433563.