Pseudodaphnella epicharis
Species of gastropod
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Pseudodaphnella epicharis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. It was originally described by Rudolf Sturany in 1903 as Mangilia (Glyphostoma) epicharis.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pseudodaphnella |
| Species: | P. epicharis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudodaphnella epicharis (R. Sturany, 1903) | |
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Taxonomy
Description
The shell is small and slender, attaining a height of approximately 4.6 mm and a width of about 2 mm. The protoconch consists of four whorls and forms a cap-like structure set distinctly upon the teleoconch. Its coloration ranges from yellow to brown; the first two whorls are paler and appear smooth to the naked eye but show extremely fine punctation under magnification. The subsequent protoconch whorls are brownish and ornamented with a lattice-like sculpture formed by obliquely intersecting lines.[2]
The teleoconch comprises about four stepped whorls bearing spiral and axial swellings. The ground color is white, decorated with irregular brown spiral and transverse lines. The suture is moderately impressed but not deeply incised. The overall sculpture gives the shell a finely reticulate appearance.[2]
