Pseudorhaphitoma brionae

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Pseudorhaphitoma brionae
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Original image of a shell of Pseudorhaphitoma brionae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:
P. brionae
Binomial name
Pseudorhaphitoma brionae
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1888)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mangelia brionae (Sowerby III, 1888)
  • Pleurotoma (Mangelia) brionae Sowerby III, 1888 (original combination)

Pseudorhaphitoma brionae is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter 6 mm

The dark red shell has a very long and turreted spire. The shell contains 9 whorls. It is smooth, and the very fine spiral striae can only be seen through a lens. The 10 longitudinal ribs are rounded and smooth, but become acuminate at the base of the shell. The body whorl is small and slightly convex. The oblong aperture is broad in the middle and narrow at the extremities. The columella is perpendicular. The outer lip is arcuate and slightly insinuate at the base. [2]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Hong Kong.

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma brionae (Sowerby III, 1888). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432869 on 2018-01-02
  2. G.B. Sowerby III, Descriptions of fourteen new Species of Shells; The Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology v. 20 (1890) PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.