Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi

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

Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi
Oriignal image of a shell of Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pseudodaphnella
Species:
P. hadfieldi
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi
(Melvill & Standen, 1895)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella ephela Hervier, 1897
  • Lienardia hadfieldi (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) hadfieldi Melvill & Standen, 1895 (original combination)
  • Pseudodaphnella ephela Hervier, R.P.J., 1897

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

The white fusiform shell is wrinkled. It contains seven whorls with a few longitudinal ribs. These ribs are pronounced and ventricose. They are alternately squarrosely ochre-colored. The aperture is subrotund. The outer lip is incrassate and denticulate within. The columella is simple and slightly blistered on the outside. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Palau [3]

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References
  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi (Melvill & Standen, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596304 on 2019-11-18
  2. Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1895) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Journal of Conchology 8: 84–132, 3 pls
  3. ANSP: Pseudodaphnella ephela
  • 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.
  • edosov A. E. & Puillandre N. (2012) Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Kermia–Pseudodaphnella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Raphitomidae) genus complex: a remarkable radiation via diversification of larval development. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(4): 447-477
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • MNHN, Paris: syntype
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