Pseudodaphnella lemniscata
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| Pseudodaphnella lemniscata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pseudodaphnella |
| Species: | P. lemniscata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudodaphnella lemniscata (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) | |
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Pseudodaphnella lemniscata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate, with a short spire. There are 8 whorls, which are longitudinally nodose-plicate. It is solid and tawny, banded with ashy (gray) near the suture and the base. It is adorned with 2 chestnut bands on the body whorl. The aperture is strongly crenulated. The outer lip is externally thickened, and the sinus is rounded. The bands are conspicuous internally.[2]
