''Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona'' is a small
sea snail
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, a
marine
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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
Mangeliidae.
[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]
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs in the
South China Sea and the
East China Sea
The East China Sea is an arm of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. It covers an area of roughly . The sea’s northern extension between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula is the Yellow Sea, separated b ...
.
References
* 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
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tetragona
''Tetragona'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae.
The species of this genus are found in South America.
Species:
*''Tetragona beebei''
*''Tetragona clavipes''
*''Tetragona dissecta''
*''Tetragona dorsalis''
*''Tetragona esseq ...
Gastropods described in 1861