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Pseudodaphnella philippinensis

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Science, Yantai, PR China;
  • 2. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China

Description

Pseudodaphnella philippinensis (Reeve 1843)

(Figure 4B)

Pleurotoma philippinensis Reeve, 1843, sp. 110, pl. 13, figs. 110a, 110b.

Philbertia (Pseudodaphnella) philippinensis – Zhang, 1995, p. 288, pl. IV, fig. 7. – Higo et al. 1999, p. 323, nr. G3802.

Pseudodaphnella philippinensis – Fedosov and Puillandre, 2012, figs 68–70, 112 (radula).

Material examined

Xisha Is. 3 specs, 58M-1542, Shu Is. (Xisha Is.).

Distribution

Taiwan, Xisha Is.; Japan, Philippines, Fiji.

Remarks

Reeve (1843) described this species with delicate sculpture, and the spiral ribs coloured alternated with irregular white and black. The number of axial ribs on the last whorl are variable, up to 16, with the average number 12 to 14 ribs. Our three specimens were collected from intertidal zone in 1958, purely white, and the axial ribs on the last whorl numbering 13 to 15. Zhang (1995) reported that his specimens collected from Taiwan, were white, with brown on point. The difference in shell colour may be the result of depigmentation by the tidal action and sunshine.

Notes

Published as part of Li, Baoquan & Li, Xinzheng, 2014, Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas, pp. 999-1025 in Journal of Natural History 48 (17) on page 1019, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.861939, http://zenodo.org/record/4006801

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Reeve
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Raphitomidae
Genus
Pseudodaphnella
Species
philippinensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudodaphnella philippinensis (Reeve, 1843) sec. Li & Li, 2014

References

  • Reeve LA. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. London: Reeve Brothers; Vol. 1: pls 1 - 18 (1843), pl. 19 (1844), pls 20 - 33 (1845); pls 34 - 40, index and errata (1846).
  • Zhang Z. 1995. Studies on micromolluscan Turridae of Lutao Islet, Taiwan. Stud Mar Sin. 36: 273 - 296, 5 pls.
  • Higo S, Callomon P, Goto Y. 1999. Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing mollusca of Japan. Yao: Elle Scientific; 749 pp.
  • Fedosov AE, Puillandre N. 2012. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Kermia - Pseudodaphnella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Raphitomidae) genus complex: a remarkable radiation via diversification of larval development. Syst Biodivers. 10: 447 - 477.