Biology:Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Pseudorhaphitoma |
| Species: | P. ethekwini
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini Kilburn, 1993
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Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 7.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs off Durban Bay, South Africa and Southern Mozambique.
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini Kilburn, 1993. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434780 on 2018-01-03
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
- "Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_14476.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q10355186 entry
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