Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis

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

Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis
Drawing of a shell of Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:	P. hexagonalis
Binomial name
Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Daphnella (Mangilia) hexagonalis (Reeve, 1845) Mangilia hexagonalis Tryon, 1884 Pleurotoma hexagonalis Reeve, 1845 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.

The yellowish white shell shows six distant longitudinal continuous ribs, and rather close revolving striae [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs the island of Bohol, the Philippines, and the Kai Islands, Indonesia<.

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis (Reeve, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434785 on 2018-01-06
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.

• R.N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 2; Annals of the Natal Museum 34, pp 317 - 367 (1993)

External links

• Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V - VI: Toxoglossa This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.