Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona
Species of gastropod
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Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona | |
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| Shell of Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Pseudorhaphitoma |
| Species: | P. tetragona |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona (Gould, 1861) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangelia tetragona Gould, 1861 (original combination) | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs in the South China Sea and the East China Sea.
