Pseudodaphnella

''Pseudodaphnella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.

In the past this generic name, ''Pseudodaphnella'', has been refused recognition by most modern writers, who have distributed its constituents among Mangilia, Clathurella, or Daphnella. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56

This genus has a morphological close relationship to ''Kermia.'' Together they form a homogeneous complex. Both are also close to the conoidean genera '' Exomilus'' Hedley, 1918, '' Paramontana'' Laseron, 1954 and ''Thetidos'' Hedley, 1899

Description

(Original description) The species that the author includes in this group differ from the real '' Clathurella'' by the slightly less deep, in front as well as behind the same section, the wide aperture with a short siphonal canal and the more regular, finer or coarser grid often predominating in the spiral sculpture. The outer lip is simple, showing fine wrinkles. This section differs sharply from '' Daphnella'' through the deep V-line. It is also related to the European section of ''Cordieria'' Monteros and to the fossil group '' Homotoma'' Bell. The coloring is almost always a mixture of white and reddish yellow or reddish brown. As a type species the author takes ''Pleurotoma philippinensis''.

(Description by Charles Hedley) The size is rather large. The colour may be various shades of brown or yellow, disposed often in dots on a white, sometimes opaque, ground. There is a small brown mucronate apex of two or three whorls, the first spirally engraved, the next with oblique lattice lines. The adult shell is netted over by elevate spirals and radials enclosing deep oblong meshes. At the points of intersection are small sharp cusps. The aperture is wide and free from tubercles or plications on the columella side, and generally without a varix. The sinus is subsutural, broad, and shallow. There is no fasciole band distinguishable.

Distribution

Species of this genus occur in shallow waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific and Australia. The genus is associated with reef corals, and has a habit of sheltering under loose stones between tide marks.

Species

Species within the genus ''Pseudodaphnella'' include:
* '' Pseudodaphnella alternans'' (E. A. Smith, 1882)
* '' Pseudodaphnella attenuata'' Hedley, 1922
* '' Pseudodaphnella aureotincta'' (Hervier, 1897)
* '' Pseudodaphnella barnardi'' (Brazier, 1876)
* '' Pseudodaphnella boholensis'' Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
* '' Pseudodaphnella cnephaea'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
* '' Pseudodaphnella crasselirata'' (Hervier, 1897)
* '' Pseudodaphnella crypta'' Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
* '' Pseudodaphnella daedala'' (Reeve, 1846)
* '' Pseudodaphnella dichroma'' (Sturany, 1903)
* ''Pseudodaphnella epicharis'' (Sturany, 1903)
* '' Pseudodaphnella excellens'' (Sowerby III, 1913)
* '' Pseudodaphnella fallax'' Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
* '' Pseudodaphnella gealei'' (Smith E.A., 1882)
* '' Pseudodaphnella granicostata'' (Reeve, 1846)
* '' Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi'' (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
* '' Pseudodaphnella infrasulcata'' (Garrett, 1873)
* ''Pseudodaphnella intaminata'' (Gould, 1860)
* '' Pseudodaphnella kilburni'' Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
* '' Pseudodaphnella lemniscata'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
* '' Pseudodaphnella leuckarti'' (Dunker, 1860)
* '' Pseudodaphnella lineata'' Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
* '' Pseudodaphnella lucida'' (E. A. Smith, 1884)
* '' Pseudodaphnella martensi'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
* '' Pseudodaphnella nebulosa'' (Pease, 1860)
* '' Pseudodaphnella nexa'' (Reeve, 1845)
* '' Pseudodaphnella nodorete'' (May, 1916)
* '' Pseudodaphnella nympha'' Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
* ''Pseudodaphnella oligoina'' Hedley, 1922
* '' Pseudodaphnella phaeogranulata'' Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
* '' Pseudodaphnella philippinensis'' (Reeve, 1843)
* '' Pseudodaphnella pulchella'' (Pease, 1860)
* '' Pseudodaphnella punctifera'' (Garrett, 1873)
* '' Pseudodaphnella pustulata'' (Angas, 1877)
* '' Pseudodaphnella ramsayi'' (Brazier, 1876)
* '' Pseudodaphnella retellaria'' Hedley, 1922
* '' Pseudodaphnella rottnestensis'' Cotton, 1947
* '' Pseudodaphnella rubroguttata'' (H. Adams, 1872)
* '' Pseudodaphnella rufolirata'' (Hervier, 1897)
* '' Pseudodaphnella santoa'' Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
* '' Pseudodaphnella spyridula'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
* '' Pseudodaphnella stipata'' Hedley, 1922
* '' Pseudodaphnella sudafricana'' Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
* ''Pseudodaphnella tincta'' (Reeve, 1846)
* '' Pseudodaphnella variegata'' Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
* '' Pseudodaphnella virgo'' (Schepman, 1913)
;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Pseudodaphnella albifuniculata'' Reeve, 1846: synonym of ''Pseudodaphnella tincta'' (Reeve, 1846)
* ''Pseudodaphnella caelata'' Garrett 1873: synonym of ''Lienardia caelata'' (Garrett, 1873)
* ''Pseudodaphnella canistra'' Hedley, 1922: synonym of ''Kermia canistra'' (Hedley, 1922)
* ''Pseudodaphnella cavernosa'' (Reeve, 1845): synonym of '' Kermia cavernosa'' (Reeve, 1845)
* ''Pseudodaphnella centrosa'' Pilsbry, 1904 : synonym of ''Pseudodaphnella tincta'' (Reeve, 1846)
* ''Pseudodaphnella corrugata'' Carpenter, 1865: synonym of ''Pseudodaphnella nebulosa'' (Pease, 1860)
* ''Pseudodaphnella corrugata'' Dunker, 1871 : synonym of ''Pseudodaphnella tincta'' (Reeve, 1846)
* ''Pseudodaphnella decaryi'' (Dautzenberg 1932): synonym of ''Mangelia decaryi'' Dautzenberg, 1932
* ''Pseudodaphnella ephela'' Hervier, R.P.J., 1897: synonym of ''Pseudodaphnella hadfieldi'' (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
* ''Pseudodaphnella episema'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896): synonym of '' Kermia episema'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
* ''Pseudodaphnella exilis'' Pease 1860 : synonym of ''Paramontana exilis'' (Pease, 1860)
* ''Pseudodaphnella fusoides'' (Reeve, 1843): synonym of ''Paraclathurella gracilenta'' (Reeve, 1843)
* ''Pseudodaphnella granicosta'' Reeve, 1846: synonym of ''Pseudodaphnella granicostata'' (Reeve, 1846)
* ''Pseudodaphnella granosa'' (Dunker 1871): synonym of '' Kermia granosa'' (Dunker, 1871)
* ''Pseudodaphnella harenula'' Hedley, 1922: synonym of '' Kermia harenula'' (Hedley, 1922)
* ''Pseudodaphnella iospira'' Hervier, 1897: synonym of ''Hemilienardia iospira'' (Hervier, 1896)
* ''Pseudodaphnella maculosa'' (Pease, 1860): synonym of '' Daphnella ornata'' R.B. Hinds, 1844
* ''Pseudodaphnella mayana'' Hedley, 1922: synonym of ''Paramontana mayana'' (Hedley, 1922)
* ''Pseudodaphnella modesta'' (Angas, 1877): synonym of ''Paramontana modesta'' (Angas, 1877)
* ''Pseudodaphnella phaedra'' (Hervier, 1897): synonym of '' Kermia daedalea'' (Garrett, 1873)
* ''Pseudodaphnella punicea'' Hedley, 1922: synonym of ''Paramontana punicea'' (Hedley, 1922 )
* ''Pseudodaphnella rufinodis'' Von Martens, 1880: synonym of ''Pseudodaphnella granicostata'' (Reeve, 1846)
* ''Pseudodaphnella rufozonata'' Angas, 1877: synonym of ''Paramontana rufozonata'' (Angas, 1877)
* ''Pseudodaphnella tessellata'' (Hinds, 1843): synonym of ''Kermia tessellata'' (Hinds, 1843)

References

* Powell, A.W.B. 1966. T''he molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species.'' Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23 Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae

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Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera