Pseudodaphnella stipata

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

Pseudodaphnella stipata
Original image of a shell of Pseudodaphnella stipata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pseudodaphnella
Species:
P. stipata
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella stipata
Hedley, 1922

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

(Original description) The small shell is solid and broad in proportion to length. The adult shell contains about 4 whorls.

Sculpture:—The radials are prominently spaced ribs, set about ten to a whorl. The spirals are strong cords, two on the antepenultimate whorl, three on the penultimate whorl, and seven on the body whorl. On the latter the third spiral from the suture runs into the top of the varix, between the fourth and the fifth is a wide gap, and the last three are tubercular and traverse the snout. The aperture shows a very thick and prominent varix. The sinus is small and shallow. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland

References
  1. Pseudodaphnella stipata Hedley, 1922. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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