''Pseudodaphnella aureotincta'' is a

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Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...

.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudodaphnella aureotincta (Hervier, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1027936 on 2019-11-13

Description

This is a minor form of '' Pseudodaphnella tincta'' (Reeve, 1846). The longitudinal ribs are swollen, with white ribs alternating with golden yellow ribs. The elongate-fusiform shell shows a broader, golden-yellow band in the depression near 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 i ...

. Hervier J. (1897 ["1896"
. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 44: 138-151">1896"">Hervier J. (1897 ["1896"
. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 44: 138-151

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

* Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. ''Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances''. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123–214

External links

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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
aureotincta Gastropods described in 1897 {{Raphitomidae-stub