Raphitoma strucki
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|taxon = Raphitoma strucki
|image = Raphitoma strucki 001.jpg
|image_caption = Shell of Raphitoma strucki
|authority = (Maltzan, 1883)
|synonyms =
- Mangilia (Raphitoma) strucki Maltzan, 1883 (basionym)
- Mangilia strucki Maltzan, 1883 (original combination)
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Raphitoma strucki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.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. [https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] {{PD-notice}}
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.
References
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External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27005795 Maltzan H.F. von. (1883). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 10: 115–135, pl. 3]
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32055812 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]
- {{cite journal|last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K.|year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)|url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf|format = PDF|journal = Zootaxa|volume = 682|pages = 1–1295}}
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