''Pseudorhaphitoma'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Mangeliidae
Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Regis ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2011). Pseudorhaphitoma Boettger, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432540 on 2012-07-06]
Description
This genus was originally described by Boettger as a section in the genus ''
Clathurella
''Clathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae.
Description
The shell is fusiform or turriculated. The columella lip has no callosity, except a small posterior tooth. There is no operculum. The ...
.''
The small, thick, monochrome brown or white, elongate shells are claviform. They contain 6 - 7
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
In nature
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s. The prominent and continuous axial ribs are moderately strong. They are crossed regularly by numerous, fine spiral lirae, producing granular or transverse plicules. The
aperture
In optics, the aperture of an optical system (including a system consisting of a single lens) is the hole or opening that primarily limits light propagated through the system. More specifically, the entrance pupil as the front side image o ...
measures about a third of the total length. The weakly notched
siphonal canal
The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water i ...
is narrow and shallow. The sharp outer
lip
The lips are a horizontal pair of soft appendages attached to the jaws and are the most visible part of the mouth of many animals, including humans. Mammal lips are soft, movable and serve to facilitate the ingestion of food (e.g. sucklin ...
is denticulate on the inside and usually shows a particularly strong tooth close to the well-cut
anal sinus
An anal sinus (rectal sinus) is a furrow formed between any two adjacent anal columns of the anal canal
The anal canal is the part that connects the rectum to the anus, located below the level of the pelvic diaphragm. It is located within the ...
. The
columella
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occasionally carries 1-2 denticles.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pseudorhaphitoma'' include:
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma agna''
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma albula''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma alfredi''
(E. A. Smith, 1904)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma alma''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma alticostata''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma averina''
(Melvill & Standen, 1901)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma axicula''
Hedley, 1922
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma bipyramidata''
Hedley, 1922
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma brionae''
(Sowerby III, 1888)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma calcata''
(Hedley, 1909)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma chocolata''
Stahlschmidt & E. Tardy, 2018
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma cognata''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma confortinii''
Bozzetti, 2007
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma crudelis''
Hedley, 1922
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma darnleyi''
(Brazier, 1876)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma ditylota''
(Melvill, 1912)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma drivasi''
Kilburn, 1993
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma epistomifer''
Kilburn, 1993
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini''
Kilburn, 1993
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma fairbanki''
(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma fortistriata''
(Smith E. A., 1888)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma fuscescens''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma granilirata''
(Smith E. A., 1888)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma heptagona''
(Dunker, 1871)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma hervieri
''Pseudorhaphitoma hervieri '' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
(Original description) The small, elongate shell ha ...
''
(Hedley, 1922)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma ichthys''
(Melvill, 1910)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma informis''
Hedley, 1922
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma iodolabiata''
(Hornung & Mermod, 1929)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma jamesnacei''
Stahlschmidt & E. Tardy, 2018
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma jeantardyi''
Stahlschmidt & E. Tardy, 2018
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma kilburni''
Morassi & Bonfitto, 2001
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma mamillata''
(Smith E. A., 1888)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma multigranosa''
(Schepman, 1913)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma naganumaensis''
Otuka, 1935
* † ''
Pseudoraphitoma nakosiensis''
Nomura & Zinbo, 1936 [Nomura, Sitihei, and Noboru Zinbô. "Molluscan fossils from the Simaziri beds of Okinawa-zima, Ryukyu Islands." (1936).]
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma obturata''
Kilburn, 1993
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma ornata''
Stahlschmidt & E. Tardy, 2018
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma paula''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma perlonga''
(Melvill, 1899)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma perplexior''
Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma phaea''
(Melvill & Standen, 1901)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma poppei''
Stahlschmidt & E. Tardy, 2018
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma pyramidalis''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma pyramidula''
(Laseron, 1954)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis
''Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis'' is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis (Hinds, 1843). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://w ...
''
(Hinds, 1843)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma scitula''
(Smith E. A., 1884)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma severa''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma sienna''
Kilburn, 1993
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma stipendiarii''
Kilburn, 1993
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma styracina''
Hedley, 1922
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona''
(Gould, 1861)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma thielei''
Kilburn, 1993
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma transitans''
Hedley, 1922
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma tropica''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma uncicostata''
Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
* ''
Pseudorhaphitoma venusta''
(Morassi, 1994)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pseudorhaphitoma anna'' T
hiele, J., 1925: synonym of ''
Pseudorhaphitoma thielei''
Kilburn, 1993
* ''Pseudorhaphitoma castellata''
(Smith E. A., 1888): synonym of ''
Agathotoma castellata''
(E.A. Smith, 1888)
* ''Pseudorhaphitoma costata coarctata''
G.B. Sowerby, 1897: synonym of ''Pseudorhaphitoma alfredi''
(E.A. Smith, 1904)
* ''Pseudorhaphitoma misera''
K.H.J. Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''Pseudorhaphitoma alfredi''
(E.A. Smith, 1904)
* ''Pseudorhaphitoma maria''
K.H.J. Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''Pseudorhaphitoma ichthys''
(J.C. Melvill, 1910)
* ''Pseudorhaphitoma obeliscus''
L.A. Reeve, 1846: synonym of ''Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis''
(R.B. Hinds, 1843)
References
* Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea''. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
External links
Smith, E.A. (1888) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 2, 300–317*
Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 2." Annals of the Natal Museum 34.2 (1993): 317-367
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Gastropod genera