Pseudodaphnella lemniscata
| Pseudodaphnella lemniscata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pseudodaphnella |
| Species: | P. lemniscata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudodaphnella lemniscata (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
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Pseudodaphnella lemniscata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate, with a short spire. There are 8 whorls, which are longitudinally nodose-plicate. It is solid and tawny, banded with ashy (gray) near the suture and the base. It is adorned with 2 chestnut bands on the body whorl. The aperture is strongly crenulated. The outer lip is externally thickened, and the sinus is rounded. The bands are conspicuous internally. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Mindanao, the Philippines. [3]
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudodaphnella lemniscata (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596301 on 2019-11-19
- ^ Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1870). "Description of a new genus and five new species of marine univalves from the southern provinces, Ceylon". Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 1867–1870: 142. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft : jahrg.25-28 (1893-1896)
- Nevill, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1875 11, pag. 92
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Kilburn, R. N. (2009). Genus Kermia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae: Raphitominae) in South African Waters, with Observations on the Identities of Related Extralimital Species. African Invertebrates. 50(2): 217-236