Pseudodaphnella nebulosa

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

Pseudodaphnella nebulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pseudodaphnella
Species:
P. nebulosa
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella nebulosa
(Pease, 1860)

Description

(Original description) The shell is fusiformly oblong, finely ribbed longitudinally, striated transversely, forming regular granules. The sutures are slightly angulated and smooth. The aperture is oval. The outer lip is slightly incurved and serrated on its edges, striated internally. The siphonal canal is slightly produced and recurved. The colour of the shell is white, marked with irregular, interrupted, longitudinal brown lines. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.

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References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Pseudodaphnella nebulosa
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