Pseudodaphnella nexa

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

Pseudodaphnella nexa
Shell of Pseudodaphnella nexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pseudodaphnella
Species:	P. nexa
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella nexa (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Pleurotoma nexa Reeve, 1845 Pseudodaphnella nexa albotaeniata Bouge & Dautzenberg, 1914

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

The whorls are rounded, plicately ribbed, encircled with fine narrow cords, becoming nodulous on crossing the ribs. The outer lip is flattened. The sinus is broad-whitish, stained with chestnut. The cords are darker chestnut or chocolate.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off India, the Philippines, Christmas Island and in the China Seas and off Queensland, Australia.