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Pseudodaphnella crypta

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Pseudodaphnella crypta
Original image of a shell of Pseudodaphnella crypta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pseudodaphnella
Species:
P. crypta
Binomial name
Pseudodaphnella crypta
Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 8 mm. The shell is off-white and very rigid to the touch with brown spots lining the shell on both the outside and the inside.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudodaphnella crypta Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714113 on 2019-11-09
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