Raphitoma dempsta

Raphitoma dempsta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Raphitoma dempsta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. dempsta
Binomial name
Raphitoma dempsta
(A.A. Gould, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Daphnella dempsta (A.A. Gould, 1860)
  • Mangelia dempsta A.A. Gould, 1860

Description

The length of the shell reaches 3 mm, its diameter 1 mm.

The white, minute, short shell has a rhomboid-fusiform shape and contains six whorls. The shell shows eight conspicuous ribs and dense, spiral threads. The body whorl measures half the total length. The aperture is long and narrow. The outer lip is sharp and incrassate posteriorly. The short siphonal canal is wide.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South China Seas.

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References
  1. 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. 340
  2. A.A. Gould, New shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition; Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 7 (1859-1861)
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