Pseudorhaphitoma perlonga

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

Pseudorhaphitoma perlonga
Original image of a shell of Pseudorhaphitoma perlonga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:
P. perlonga
Binomial name
Pseudorhaphitoma perlonga
(Melvill, 1899)
Synonyms[1]

Mangilia perlonga Melvill, 1899 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

(Original description) A very attenuate, fusiform, solid species. It is eight-whorled, inclusive of the two glassy shining apical, longitudinally strongly ribbed. The shell contains few ribs, seven on the body whorl, crossed spirally with few intersecting lirae, and between these run many fine striations. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is thickened. The sinus is very obscure. The columella is straight. The siphonal canal is short.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Pakistan

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma perlonga (Melvill, 1899). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434795 on 2018-01-08
  2. Melvill J.C. 1899. Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr F. W. Townsend, with descriptions of twenty-seven species. ; The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. 4 , s. 7; London, 1899 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 perlonga". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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