Pseudodaphnella crasselirata

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

Pseudodaphnella crasselirata
Shell of Pseudodaphnella crasselirata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pseudodaphnella
Species:
P. crasselirata
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella crasselirata
(Hervier, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella crasselirata Hervier, 1897 (original combination)
  • Clathurella albofuniculata var. crasselirata (Reeve, 1846) (basionym)
  • Clathurella tincta crasselirata Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914

Description

The elongate-fusiform shell shows somewhat rotund whorls. The ribs are packed together and intersected by thick lirae. The white shell is shiny and is dotted with scattered yellowish-brown dots. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of Carpentaria to Queensland, Australia; it also occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Pseudodaphnella crasselirata (Hervier, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Hervier J. (1897 ["1896"). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 44: 138-151]
  • Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123–214
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
  • 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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