Pseudorhaphitoma epistomifer

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

Pseudorhaphitoma epistomifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:
P. epistomifer
Binomial name
Pseudorhaphitoma epistomifer
Kilburn, 1993

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 4.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Northern Natal and Western Transkei, South Africa.

References

  1. WoRMS (2017). Pseudorhaphitoma epistomifer Kilburn, 1993. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434779 on 2018-01-03
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Pseudorhaphitoma epistomifer". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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