Pseudorhaphitoma
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| Pseudorhaphitoma | |
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| Shell, protoconch and sculpture of Pseudorhaphitoma fairbanki | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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Pseudorhaphitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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]
