Pseudorhaphitoma averina

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

Pseudorhaphitoma averina
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]

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

  • 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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