Biology:Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:
P. ethekwini
Binomial name
Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini
Kilburn, 1993

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

  1. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q10355186 entry