Pseudodaphnella granicostata

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

Pseudodaphnella granicostata
Apertural view of a shell of Pseudodaphnella granicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pseudodaphnella
Species:	P. granicostata
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella granicostata (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella rufinodis Martens, 1880 Clathurella (Pseudodaphnella) granicostata (Reeve, 1846) Defrancia granicostata (Reeve, 1846) Mangilia (Defrancia) granicostata (Reeve, 1846) Philbertia granicostata (Reeve, 1846) Philbertia (Pseudodaphnella) granicostata (Reeve, 1846) Pleurotoma granicostata Reeve, 1846 Pleurotomoides granicostata (Reeve, 1846) (original combination) Pseudodaphnella granicosta Reeve, 1846 Pseudodaphnella rufinodis Von Martens, 1880

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13 mm.

The shell is yellowish or blush-brown, with a white band above the middle, the nodules darker-colored.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean; also off Mauritius, Madagascar, the Cocos Keeling Islands, the Cook Islands, the Fiji Islands, Samoa, the Philippines, Taiwan and Queensland, Australia.[3]

References

1. Pseudodaphnella granicostata (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. ANSP: Pseudodaphnella granicostata

• Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1–256, pls 1–32.

Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, from by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Journal of Conchology 8: 89–132

• Boettger, O. 1895. Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 27(1–2, 3–4): 1–20, 41–63
• Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls.
• Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• L.A. Reeve (1843) - Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals vol. 1 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 34–40 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1]
• Martens E. von. (1880). Mollusken. Pp. 179–353, pl. 19–22 In K. Moebius, F. Richters & E. von Martens, Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin: Gutmann
• Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273–315 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1895]
• Li B.-Q. [Baoquan] & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17–18): 999–1025