Pseudorhaphitoma alma is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Pseudorhaphitoma alma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Pseudorhaphitoma |
| Species: | P. alma
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudorhaphitoma alma (Thiele, 1925)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangelia (Pseudorhaphitoma) alma Thiele, 1925 (original combination) | |
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 5–6 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine genus occurs off Zanzibar and East Africa.
References edit
- ^ a b 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
External links edit
- 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.