''Abyssothauma psilarosis'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...

.MolluscaBase (2019). Abyssothauma psilarosis (Barnard, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432895 on 2019-01-31

Description

Operculum narrow and amber-colored. Body pale, with eyes at the base of short tentacles.

Radula The radula (, ; plural radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food ...

with 15 pairs of elongate teeth.

Distribution

This is a deep-sea species, occurring off South Africa

References

External links

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Biolib.cz: ''Abyssothauma psilarosis''
Endemic fauna of South Africa psilarosis Gastropods described in 1986 {{Raphitomidae-stub