Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata
Shell of Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pseudodaphnella
Species:
P. infrasulcata
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata
(Garrett, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella infrasulcata Garrett, 1873 (original combination)
  • Clathurella spelaeodea Hervier, 1897 (original combination)
  • Kermia spelaeodea (Hervier, 1897)

Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm.

The shell is slightly angulated above, longitudinally distantly ribbed, latticed with narrow raised revolving ridges and cavernously grooved near the base. The color of the shell is chestnut, lighter on the ridges. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata (Garrett, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596307 on 2012-12-03
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Garrett, A., 1873. Descriptions of new species of marine shells inhabiting the South Sea Islands.
  • Hervier, J., 1897. Description d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques provenant de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 44"1896": 138-151
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Kilburn, R. N. (2009). Genus Kermia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae: Raphitominae) in South African Waters, with Observations on the Identities of Related Extralimital Species. African Invertebrates. 50(2): 217-236
  • Syntype at MNHN, Paris
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