Pseudodaphnella epicharis
| Pseudodaphnella epicharis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pseudodaphnella |
| Species: | P. epicharis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudodaphnella epicharis (R. Sturany, 1903)
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Pseudodaphnella epicharis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. It was originally described by Rudolf Sturany in 1903 as Mangilia (Glyphostoma) epicharis.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described as Mangilia (Glyphostoma) epicharis by Sturany in 1903.[2]
It is currently placed in the genus Pseudodaphnella within the family Raphitomidae, following subsequent taxonomic revisions.[1]
Description
The shell is small and slender, attaining a height of approximately 4.6 mm and a width of about 2 mm. The protoconch consists of four whorls and forms a cap-like structure set distinctly upon the teleoconch. Its coloration ranges from yellow to brown; the first two whorls are paler and appear smooth to the naked eye but show extremely fine punctation under magnification. The subsequent protoconch whorls are brownish and ornamented with a lattice-like sculpture formed by obliquely intersecting lines.[2]
The teleoconch comprises about four stepped whorls bearing spiral and axial swellings. The ground color is white, decorated with irregular brown spiral and transverse lines. The suture is moderately impressed but not deeply incised. The overall sculpture gives the shell a finely reticulate appearance.[2]
Distribution
Pseudodaphnella epicharis is known from the Red Sea, where it was originally collected.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2017). Pseudodaphnella epicharis (Sturany, 1903). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955894 on 2017-08-31
- ^ a b c Sturany, Rudolf (2 April 1903). "Gastropoden des Rothen Meeres" [Gastropods of the Red Sea]. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Zoologische Ergebnisse XXIII, Expeditionen S.M. Schiff „Pola“ in das Rothe Meer, nördliche und südliche Hälfte 1895/96–1897/98 (in German). 74: 251.
- Sturany, R. "Gastropoden des Rothen Meeres. Expeditionen SM Schiff" Pola" iiKias Rothe Meer 1895/96 und 1897/98." ZooL Ergeb. Wien (1903): 1-75
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Dekker, H.; Orlin, Z. (2000). Check-list of Red Sea Mollusca. Spirula. 47 (supplement): 1–46
- Paolo G. Albano, Piet A.J. Bakker, Ronald Janssen, Anita Eschner, An illustrated catalogue of Rudolf Sturany's type specimens in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria (NHMW): Red Sea gastropods; Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 45-94 (18 Jan 2017)