''Raphitoma strucki'' 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). . 39 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma strucki (Maltzan, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1030865 on 2019-12-19]
Description
The length of the shell reaches 5.5 mm.
The shell has a turreted fusiform shape, with a produced spire and deep sutures. The color of the shell is reddish brown. It contains nine, straight ribs, decussated and rendered nodulous by spiral riblets. The sinus is nearly obsolete. The outer
lip is thickened and dentate.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.
References
External links
Maltzan H.F. von. (1883). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 10: 115–135, pl. 3
Dautzenberg P. (1910). ''Contribution à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique occidentale.'' Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 64: 47-228, pls 1-4
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Gastropods described in 1883