Pseudodaphnella granicostata | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Pseudodaphnella granicostata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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] | |
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Pseudodaphnella granicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]
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]
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]
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