| 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