Pseudorhaphitoma pyramidalis

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

Pseudorhaphitoma pyramidalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:
P. pyramidalis
Binomial name
Pseudorhaphitoma pyramidalis
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]

Mangelia pyramidalis Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm.

The white shell has a turreted pyramidal shape. The sculpture consists of longitudinal ribs, striated between the interstices. The aperture is small and short.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma pyramidalis (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434798 on 2018-01-08
  2. Reeve L.A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Mangelia. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 3, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Pseudorhaphitoma pyramidalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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