Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona | |
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| Shell of Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
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. tetragona
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona (Gould, 1861)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangelia tetragona Gould, 1861 (original combination) | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
Distribution edit
This marine genus occurs in the South China Sea and the East China Sea.
References edit
- ^ a b WoRMS (2017). Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona (Gould, 1861). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434805 on 2018-01-09
- 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. 339 pl. 21 # 9
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.