Pseudodaphnella barnardi

Pseudodaphnella barnardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Pseudodaphnella barnardi
Shell of Pseudodaphnella barnardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pseudodaphnella
Species:	P. barnardi
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella barnardi (Brazier, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella barnardi Brazier, 1876 Clathurella chichijimana Pilsbry, H.A. 1904 Clathurella tessellata var. luteopicta Bouge & Dautzenberg, 1914 Kermia barnardi (Brazier, 1876) Kermia tessellata Bouge & Dautzenberg, 1914 Philbertia barnardi (Brazier, 1876) Philbertia (Kermia) barnardi Cernohorsky, 1978 Philbertia dichroma Sturany, 1903

It was assigned to Pseudodaphnella by Chang, 2001.^[2]

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 is slightly recurved.^[3]

Distribution

This marine occurs off the Gulf of Carpentaria to Queensland, Australia; the Philippines