Pseudodaphnella crypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Pseudodaphnella crypta (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pseudodaphnella |
| Species: | P. crypta
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudodaphnella crypta Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 8 mm. The shell is off-white and very rigid to the touch with brown spots lining the shell on both the outside and the inside.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudodaphnella crypta Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714113 on 2019-11-09
External links
edit- 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
- Gastropods.com: Pseudodaphnella crypta
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