Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata explained

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm.

The shell is slightly angulated above, longitudinally distantly ribbed, latticed with narrow raised revolving ridges and cavernously grooved near the base. The color of the shell is chestnut, lighter on the ridges. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands.

References

• Garrett, A., 1873. Descriptions of new species of marine shells inhabiting the South Sea Islands.
• Hervier, J., 1897. Description d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques provenant de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 44"1896": 138-151

External links

• Tucker . J.K.. 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa. 682. 1–1295. 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
• Syntype at MNHN, Paris

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata (Garrett, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596307 on 2012-12-03
2. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences