Pseudorhaphitoma agna
Pseudorhaphitoma agna is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Pseudorhaphitoma agna | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Pseudorhaphitoma |
| Species: | P. agna |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudorhaphitoma agna (Melvill & Standen, 1896) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangilia agna Melvill & Standen, 1896 (original combination) | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
(Original description) A pure milky white much attenuate species, sometimes with a pale ochraceous dorsal clouding. It contains 7 to 8 ventricose whorls. It shows longitudinally few ribs. These are decurrent and descending in the same plane from whorl to whorl, transversely very finely striolate, the striae surrounding the whole shell, including the ribs. The aperture is obliquely oblong. The sinus is inconspicuous. The outer lip is effuse, and, as well as the columella, quite simple within.[2]
Distribution
This marine genus occurs off New Caledonia
References
- WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma agna (Melvill & Standen, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432863 on 2017-12-28
- Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
