Pseudorhaphitoma styracina

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Pseudorhaphitoma styracina
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Original image of a shell of Pseudorhaphitoma styracina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:
P. styracina
Binomial name
Pseudorhaphitoma styracina
Hedley, 1922

Pseudorhaphitoma styracina 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 10 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The solid shell is subulate. It contains 10 whorls. Its colour is a uniform grey.

Sculpture: The ribs are low and broad, with narrow interstices, six on the body whorl. The spirals are sharp threads running evenly over both ribs and furrows, and increasing by intercalation. On the penultimate whorl are four spirals, and on the body whorl fourteen, some of which are alternately large and small.

The aperture:—The sinus is U-shaped, rather wide and deep. The columella is simple. The outer lip has a thin bent edge; throat grooved within. [2]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the Gulf of Carpentaria and off Queensland, Australia

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References

  1. WoRMS (2017). Pseudorhaphitoma styracina Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434804 on 2018-01-01
  2. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .