Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis

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

Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis
Drawing of a shell of Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pseudorhaphitoma
Species:
P. hexagonalis
Binomial name
Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella (Mangilia) hexagonalis (Reeve, 1845)
  • Mangilia hexagonalis Tryon, 1884
  • Pleurotoma hexagonalis Reeve, 1845 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.

The yellowish white shell shows six distant longitudinal continuous ribs, and rather close revolving striae [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs the island of Bohol, the Philippines, and the Kai Islands, Indonesia<.

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References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis (Reeve, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434785 on 2018-01-06
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V - VI: Toxoglossa 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 hexagonalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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