Pseudodaphnella nexa

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

Pseudodaphnella nexa
Shell of Pseudodaphnella nexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pseudodaphnella
Species:
P. nexa
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella nexa
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma nexa Reeve, 1845
  • Pseudodaphnella nexa albotaeniata Bouge & Dautzenberg, 1914

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

The whorls are rounded, plicately ribbed, encircled with fine narrow cords, becoming nodulous on crossing the ribs. The outer lip is flattened. The sinus is broad-whitish, stained with chestnut. The cords are darker chestnut or chocolate. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off India, the Philippines, Christmas Island and in the China Seas and off Queensland, Australia.

References
  1. Pseudodaphnella nexa (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • 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
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • MNHN. Paris: specimen
  • N. V. Subba Rao "Indian Seashells—Polyplacophora and Gastropoda (1)"; Records of the Zoological Survey of India; Occasional Paper No. 192
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