Pseudorhaphitoma mamillata

Pseudorhaphitoma mamillata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:	P. mamillata
Binomial name
	Pseudorhaphitoma mamillata; (E. A. Smith, 1888)
Synonyms
	Pleurotoma (Mangilia) mamillata E. A. Smith, 1888 (original combination);

Pseudorhaphitoma mamillata is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk which belongs to family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell reaches to 5.3 mm, with a diameter of 2 mm.

The pinkish shell is characterized by a subovate shape, containing 5 whorls. This shell is very remarkable on account of the large size of its two, convex, papillose protoconch whorls. The others are convex and show 7-8, almost straight and strong ribs extending to the base of the body whorl. These are crossed overall by slight spiral striations, (eight in the body whorl). The aperture is oblong and measures almost one-half of the total length of the shell. The outer lip is strongly incrassate and slightly sinuate. The columella has a slight callus. The siphonal canal is short and narrow.^[2]

Distribution

It is commonly found in localities of the tropical Indo-West Pacific.

References

^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma mamillata (E. A. Smith, 1888). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434790 on 2018-01-06
^ Smith, E. A. (1888). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 6th ser. v.2. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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 mamillata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma mamillata (E. A. Smith, 1888). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434790 on 2018-01-06

[2] Smith, E. A. (1888). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 6th ser. v.2. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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