Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata

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

Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata
Shell of Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 7 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.

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References
  1. 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 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.
  • 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
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