Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini explained

Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Durban Bay, South Africa and Southern Mozambique.

References

• 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)

External links

• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . PDF . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 .

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini Kilburn, 1993. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434780 on 2018-01-03