Pseudorhaphitoma alma explained

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5–6 mm.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Zanzibar and East Africa.

References

• Thiele, J. 1925. Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 11. Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee Exped. 'Valdivia' 17(2): 37-382

External links

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

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma alma (Thiele, 1925). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432865 on 2017-12-30