Biology:Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis
Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:
P. pyramis
Binomial name
Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula pyramis Hinds, 1843 (original combination)
  • Daphnella (Mangilia) obeliscus (Reeve, 1843)
  • Mangelia obeliscus Reeve, L.A. 1846
  • Mangilia pyramis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma pyramis (Hinds, 1843)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

The white shell is angularly longitudinally sharp ribbed, six-sided, with close revolving striae.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Korea, the Philippines , Indonesia and Queensland, Australia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis (Hinds, 1843). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434799 on 2018-01-08
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Hinds, R.B. 1843. Description of new shells from the collection of Captain Belcher. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 1 11: 16–21, 36–46, 255–257
  • Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845: 108-119

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10355207 entry