Pseudorhaphitoma averina
Pseudorhaphitoma averina 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 averina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Pseudorhaphitoma |
| Species: | P. averina |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudorhaphitoma averina (Melvill & Standen, 1901) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangilia averina Melvill & Standen, 1901 (original combination) | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.
(Original description) A stout, pure white little shell with an ovate-fusiform shape. It contains 7 whorls of which two in the protoconch. It has strong ribs (7 in the body whorl), crossed by alternate strong or thin lirae, and gemmuled at the points of junction. The ovate aperture is narrow. The incrassate outer lip and the columellar area are beautifully suffused with orange-yellow.[2]
Distribution
This marine genus occurs off Pakistan
References
- WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma averina (Melvill & Standen, 1901). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432867 on 2017-12-28
- Melvill & Standen (1901) Mollusks from the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 2, 1901
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External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Pseudorhaphitoma averina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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