title: Daphnella receptoria
text: # Daphnella receptoria
  
  Daphnella receptoria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
  
  J. Tucker considers this species as a synonym of Clathurina receptoria (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901)
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the shell attains 18.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.
  
  A most graceful, dark ocher, fusiform species. It contains seven angulate whorls. The protoconch is vitreous and purple colored. The subsequent whorls are impressed at the suture. The wide aperture is oblong and is whitish on the inside. The outer lip is lunulate. The columella stands almost upright. The siphonal canal is short.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine species occurs off the Makran coast, Baluchistan.
  
  