Biology:Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi
Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi 001.jpg
Oriignal image of a shell of Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pseudodaphnella
Species:
P. hadfieldi
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi
(Melvill & Standen, 1895)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella ephela Hervier, 1897
  • Lienardia hadfieldi (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) hadfieldi Melvill & Standen, 1895 (original combination)
  • Pseudodaphnella ephela Hervier, R.P.J., 1897

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

The white fusiform shell is wrinkled. It contains seven whorls with a few longitudinal ribs. These ribs are pronounced and ventricose. They are alternately squarrosely ochre-colored. The aperture is subrotund. The outer lip is incrassate and denticulate within. The columella is simple and slightly blistered on the outside.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Palau[3]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14191495 entry