Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis
Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Pseudorhaphitoma |
| Species: | P. hexagonalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.
The yellowish white shell shows six distant longitudinal continuous ribs, and rather close revolving striae [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs the island of Bohol, the Philippines, and the Kai Islands, Indonesia<.
References
- WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis (Reeve, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434785 on 2018-01-06
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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External links
- Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V - VI: Toxoglossa This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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