Pseudodaphnella crasselirata

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

Pseudodaphnella crasselirata
Shell of Pseudodaphnella crasselirata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pseudodaphnella
Species:	P. crasselirata
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella crasselirata (Hervier, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella crasselirata Hervier, 1897 (original combination) Clathurella albofuniculata var. crasselirata (Reeve, 1846) (basionym) Clathurella tincta crasselirata Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914

Description

The elongate-fusiform shell shows somewhat rotund whorls. The ribs are packed together and intersected by thick lirae. The white shell is shiny and is dotted with scattered yellowish-brown dots. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of Carpentaria to Queensland, Australia; it also occurs off New Caledonia.