Pseudodaphnella granicostata

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Pseudodaphnella granicostata
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Apertural view of a shell of Pseudodaphnella granicostata
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pseudodaphnella
Species:
P. granicostata
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella granicostata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clathurella rufinodisMartens, 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 granicostataReeve, 1846
  • Pleurotomoides granicostata(Reeve, 1846) (original combination)
  • Pseudodaphnella granicostaReeve, 1846
  • Pseudodaphnella rufinodisVon Martens, 1880

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13 mm.[ citation needed ]

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

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