Pseudorhaphitoma fortistriata

Pseudorhaphitoma fortistriata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:	P. fortistriata
Binomial name
	Pseudorhaphitoma fortistriata; (E. A. Smith, 1888)
Synonyms
	Mangilia fortistriata Melvill. 1917; Pleurotoma (Mangilia) fortistriata E. A. Smith, 1888 (original combination);

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

The white, strong solid shell has an oval shape. It contains 7 whorls, of which two polished whorls in the protoconch. The other whorls are convex and show seven stout rounded ribs continuous up the spire and extending to the base of the body whorl. The ribs are crossed by strong, spiral lirations. The small aperture measures 5/13 of the total length of the shell. The outer lip is strongly incrassate with 4-5 teeth. The siphonal canal is narrow and short.^[2]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Mumbai, India.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma fortistriata (E. A. Smith, 1888). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434781 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 fortistriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma fortistriata (E. A. Smith, 1888). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434781 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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