''Pseudodaphnella barnardi'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudodaphnella barnardi (Brazier, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714119 on 2019-07-10]
It was assigned to ''Pseudodaphnella'' by Chang, 2001
Description
The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 7 mm.
(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiformly ovate. It is longitudinally stoutly ribbed every alternate black and white and latticed with fine transverse ridges. The interstices are shallow. The shell contains 8
whorls, slightly rounded. The suture is deepand smooth. The
spire is acuminated. The
apex is acute, brown and granulated. The outer
lip is thickened, white and black behind. The sinus is wide, above thickened and shallow. The
siphonal canal
The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is ...
is slightly recurved.
Brazier, J. 1876. ''A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert expedition, with the description of the new species.'' Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151–162
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Distribution
This marine occurs off the Gulf of Carpentaria
The Gulf of Carpentaria (, ) is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the eastern Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea). The northern boundary is ...
to Queensland, Australia; the Philippines
References
* Pease, W.H. 1867. ''Description of marine gasteropodae inhabiting Polynesia.'' American Journal of Conchology 3(3): 211–222 pl. 15
* Pilsbry, H.A. 1904. ''New Japanese marine Mollusca: Gastropoda.'' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 56: 3-37, pls 1-6
* Hedley, C. 1907. ''The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, part II.'' Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 476–513, pls 16–21
* Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. ''Tropical Pacific marine shells.'' Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
* Maes, V.O. 1967. ''The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean).'' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217
* Powell, A.W.B. 1966. ''The 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
* Liu, J.Y. uiyu(ed.). (2008). ''Checklist of marine biota of China seas.'' China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
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''Fedosov A. E. & Puillandre N. (2012) Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Kermia–Pseudodaphnella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Raphitomidae) genus complex: a remarkable radiation via diversification of larval development''. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(4): 447-477
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barnardi
Gastropods described in 1876