Biology:Pseudodaphnella aureotincta

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pseudodaphnella aureotincta
Pseudodaphnella aureotincta 001.jpg
Shell of Pseudodaphnella aureotincta (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pseudodaphnella
Species:
P. aureotincta
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella aureotincta
(Hervier, 1897)
Synonyms[1]

Clathurella tincta var. aureotincta Hervier, 1897 (basionym)

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

Description

This is a minor form of Pseudodaphnella tincta (Reeve, 1846). The longitudinal ribs are swollen, with white ribs alternating with golden yellow ribs. The elongate-fusiform shell shows a broader, golden-yellow band in the depression near the siphonal canal. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudodaphnella aureotincta (Hervier, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1027936 on 2019-11-13
  2. Hervier J. (1897 ["1896"). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 44: 138-151]
  • Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123–214

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q61700976 entry