Pseudorhaphitoma alma

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

Pseudorhaphitoma alma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:
P. alma
Binomial name
Pseudorhaphitoma alma
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Mangelia (Pseudorhaphitoma) alma Thiele, 1925 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5–6 mm.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Zanzibar and East Africa.

References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma alma (Thiele, 1925). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432865 on 2017-12-30
  • Thiele, J. 1925. Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 11. Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee Exped. 'Valdivia' 17(2): 37-382
  • R.N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 2; Annals of the Natal Museum 34, pp 317 - 367 (1993)
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Pseudorhaphitoma alma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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