Pseudodaphnella granicostata

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Pseudodaphnella granicostata
Apertural view of a shell of Pseudodaphnella granicostata
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Clathurella rufinodis Martens, 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 granicostata Reeve, 1846
  • Pleurotomoides granicostata (Reeve, 1846) (original combination)
  • Pseudodaphnella granicosta Reeve, 1846
  • Pseudodaphnella rufinodis Von Martens, 1880

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

Description[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1–256, pls 1–32.

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

  • Boettger, O. 1895. Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 27(1–2, 3–4): 1–20, 41–63
  • Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls.
  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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