''Pseudodaphnella rottnestensis'' 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 ...

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia.

References

* Cotton, Bernard C. ''Australian Recent and Tertiary Turridae.'' Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of South Australia, Conchology Club, 1947.

External links

* rottnestensis Gastropods described in 1947 Gastropods of Australia {{Raphitomidae-stub