Pseudodaphnella pulchella

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

Pseudodaphnella pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pseudodaphnella
Species:	P. pulchella
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella pulchella (Pease, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella pulchella Pease, 1860

This is not Clathurella pulchella Garrett, 1873 (synonym of Hemilienardia purpurascens (Dunker, 1871) )

Description

(Original description) The shell is fusiform, acuminated, shining, longitudinally ribbed, crossed by transverse raised striae. The whorls are rounded. The suture is impressed. The aperture is oval. The siphonal canal is slightly produced aud recurved. The shell is pinkish-white with irregular pink spots over the surface. The apex is red.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.