Pseudodaphnella lemniscata

Pseudodaphnella lemniscata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pseudodaphnella
Species:	P. lemniscata
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella lemniscata (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
Synonyms [1]
Mangilia lemniscata(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) Pleurotoma lemniscataG. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869 (original combination) Pseudodaphnella tincta lemniscata(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)

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

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate, with a short spire. There are 8 whorls, which are longitudinally nodose-plicate. It is solid and tawny, banded with ashy (gray) near the suture and the base. It is adorned with 2 chestnut bands on the body whorl. The aperture is strongly crenulated. The outer lip is externally thickened, and the sinus is rounded. The bands are conspicuous internally. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Mindanao, the Philippines. ^[3]

References

1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudodaphnella lemniscata (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596301 on 2019-11-19
2. Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1870). "Description of a new genus and five new species of marine univalves from the southern provinces, Ceylon". Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 1867–1870: 142. Retrieved 12 November 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft : jahrg.25-28 (1893-1896)

• Nevill, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1875 11, pag. 92

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• 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