Pseudodaphnella epicharis explained

Pseudodaphnella epicharis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1] It was first identified by Sturany in 1903 as Mangilia epicaris.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell is 4.6 mm, and the diameter is 2 mm.

Distribution

Pseudodaphnelle epicharis is documented as being distributed in the Red Sea.^[1]

References

• Sturany, R. "Gastropoden des Rothen Meeres. Expeditionen SM Schiff" Pola" iiKias Rothe Meer 1895/96 und 1897/98." ZooL Ergeb. Wien (1903): 1-75

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• Dekker, H.; Orlin, Z. (2000). Check-list of Red Sea Mollusca. Spirula. 47 (supplement): 1–46
• Paolo G. Albano, Piet A.J. Bakker, Ronald Janssen, Anita Eschner, An illustrated catalogue of Rudolf Sturany's type specimens in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria (NHMW): Red Sea gastropods; Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 45-94 (18 Jan 2017)

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2017). Pseudodaphnella epicharis (Sturany, 1903). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955894 on 2017-08-31