Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini

Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:	P. ethekwini
Binomial name
Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini Kilburn, 1993

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Durban Bay, South Africa and Southern Mozambique.

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini Kilburn, 1993. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434780 on 2018-01-03

• R.N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 2; Annals of the Natal Museum 34, pp 317 - 367 (1993)

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.