Pseudodaphnella spyridula
Pseudodaphnella spyridula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Pseudodaphnella spyridula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pseudodaphnella |
| Species: | P. spyridula |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudodaphnella spyridula (Melvill & Standen, 1896) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clathurella spyridula Melvill & Standen, 1896 (original combination) | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1 mm.
The very minute shell is narrow, white, latticed, and cancellate, the junctions of these cancellated lirae being gemmuled The shell contains six whorls, two being apical. The aperture is sinuous. The siphonal canal is very short. The outer lip shows eight minute denticules. The sinus is wide and effuse. The columella is straight, and of simple character [2]
References
- MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudodaphnella cnephaea (Melvill & Standen, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596303 on 2019-11-13
- Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Li B.-Q. [Baoquan & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17-18): 999-1025]
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