Raphitoma strucki
Raphitoma strucki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Raphitoma strucki | |
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| Shell of Raphitoma strucki | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Raphitoma |
| Species: | R. strucki |
| Binomial name | |
| Raphitoma strucki (Maltzan, 1883) | |
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Description
The length of the shell reaches 5.5 mm.
The shell has a turreted fusiform shape, with a produced spire and deep sutures. The color of the shell is reddish brown. It contains nine, straight ribs, decussated and rendered nodulous by spiral riblets. The sinus is nearly obsolete. The outer lip is thickened and dentate. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.
References
- MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma strucki (Maltzan, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1030865 on 2019-12-19
- 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
- Maltzan H.F. von. (1883). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 10: 115–135, pl. 3
- Dautzenberg P. (1910). Contribution à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique occidentale. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 64: 47-228, pls 1-4
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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