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Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi

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Species of gastropod

Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi
Original image of a shell of Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • 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.

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.

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi (Melvill & Standen, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596304 on 2019-11-18
  2. Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1895) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Journal of Conchology 8: 84–132, 3 pls
  3. ANSP: Pseudodaphnella ephela

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Taxon identifiers
Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi
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