Pseudodaphnella aureotincta

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Pseudodaphnella aureotincta is a small sea snail in the family Raphitomidae. It is a minor form of Pseudodaphnella tincta.

Shell description: The shell is elongated and spindle-shaped with swollen longitudinal ribs. The ribs are white and alternate with golden-yellow ribs. There is a broad golden-yellow band in the depression near the siphonal canal.

Distribution: This species occurs off New Caledonia.

Taxonomy and naming: It was first described by Hervier in 1897 as Clathurella tincta var. aureotincta (basionym) and is considered a minor form of Pseudodaphnella tincta (Reeve, 1846).

Classification: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Mollusca; Class Gastropoda; Subclass Caenogastropoda; Order Neogastropoda; Superfamily Conoidea; Family Raphitomidae; Genus Pseudodaphnella; Species aureotincta. Binomial name Pseudodaphnella aureotincta (Hervier, 1897).