Pseudodaphnella punctifera

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|image_caption = Shell of Pseudodaphnella punctifera (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

|authority = (Garrett, 1873)

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  • 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)

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

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. [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] {{PD-notice}}

Distribution

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

References

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  • 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.