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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pseudodaphnella |
| Species: | P. epicharis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudodaphnella epicharis (R. Sturany, 1903)
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Description edit
The length of the shell is 4.6 mm, and the diameter is 2 mm.
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Distribution edit
Pseudodaphnelle epicharis is documented as being distributed in the Red Sea.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c 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
- 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 edit
- 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)
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