Pseudodaphnella punctifera

Pseudodaphnella punctifera
Shell of Pseudodaphnella punctifera (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pseudodaphnella
Species:	P. punctifera
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella punctifera (Garrett, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella birtsi Preston, 1908 Clathurella punctifera Garrett, 1873 (original combination) Kermia chrysolitha (Melvill & Standen, 1896) Kermia punctifera (Garrett, 1873) Mangilia chrysolitha Melvill & Standen, 1896 Pleurotomoides punctifera (Garrett, 1873)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

The ribs are small, narrower than their interstices and number ten to eleven on the body whorl. They are crossed by smaller transverse ridges. The granules of the intersection are light brown, the rest of the shell is cinereous. The sinus is rather large and semicircular. The outer lip is six-toothed within. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Queensland, Australia; widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pseudodaphnella punctifera (Garrett, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1482248 on 2022-01-31
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.

• Preston, H.B. (1908b) Description of a new species of Clathurella, probably from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8, 6.
• Horro J., Gori S., Rosado J. & Rolán E. (2021). Little conoidean shells from Dhofar, Oman, with descriptions of 35 new species. Visaya. suppl. 16: 1-161.

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.
• Garrett, A. (1873). Descriptions of new species of marine shells inhabiting the South Sea islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25: 209-231, plates 2-3
• Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315
• Gastropods.com: Kermia punctifera