Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona

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

Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona
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]

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.

References

  1. WoRMS (2017). Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona (Gould, 1861). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434805 on 2018-01-09
  • Gould, A. A. Descriptions of shells collected in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition1860. under Captains Ringgold and Rodgers. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1859-1860 vol.7 p. 339 pl. 21 # 9
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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