Pseudorhaphitoma

Pseudorhaphitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Pseudorhaphitoma
Shell, protoconch and sculpture of Pseudorhaphitoma fairbanki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pseudorhaphitoma
Boettger, 1895
Type species
Mangelia fairbanki
G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Pseudoraphitoma (Incorrect spelling)
  • Turrella Laseron, 1954

Description

This genus was originally described by Boettger as a section in the genus Clathurella.

The small, thick, monochrome brown or white, elongate shells are claviform. They contain 6 - 7 whorls. The prominent and continuous axial ribs are moderately strong. They are crossed regularly by numerous, fine spiral lirae, producing granular or transverse plicules. The aperture measures about a third of the total length. The weakly notched siphonal canal is narrow and shallow. The sharp outer lip is denticulate on the inside and usually shows a particularly strong tooth close to the well-cut anal sinus. The columella occasionally carries 1-2 denticles.[2][3]

Species

Species within the genus Pseudorhaphitoma include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Pseudorhaphitoma anna Thiele, J., 1925: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma thielei Kilburn, 1993
  • Pseudorhaphitoma castellata (Smith E. A., 1888): synonym of Agathotoma castellata (E.A. Smith, 1888)
  • Pseudorhaphitoma costata coarctata G.B. Sowerby, 1897: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma alfredi (E.A. Smith, 1904)
  • Pseudorhaphitoma misera K.H.J. Thiele, 1925: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma alfredi (E.A. Smith, 1904)
  • Pseudorhaphitoma maria K.H.J. Thiele, 1925: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma ichthys (J.C. Melvill, 1910)
  • Pseudorhaphitoma obeliscus L.A. Reeve, 1846: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis (R.B. Hinds, 1843)

References

  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  • Smith, E.A. (1888) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 2, 300–317
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangeliidae
  • Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 2." Annals of the Natal Museum 34.2 (1993): 317-367
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