Pseudodaphnella leuckarti

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

Pseudodaphnella leuckarti
Drawing of a shell of Pseudodaphnella leuckarti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pseudodaphnella
Species:	P. leuckarti
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella leuckarti (Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella leuckarti (Dunker, 1860) Daphnella (Mangilia) leuckarti (Dunker, 1860) Mangilia leuckarti Dunker, 1860

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

The shell has an ovately acute shape with 6-7 slightly convex whorls. The surface of this small monochrome brown snail is characterized by fairly dense, rounded longitudinal ribs, covered by regular raised striae, forming a coarse grid. The aperture is narrow and somewhat shorter than half the length of the shell. The siphonal canal is straight and short, in which the longitudinal ribs are still visible.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Korea and the Philippines.^[3]