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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Conoidea

Familia: Mangeliidae

Genus: Pseudorhaphitoma

Pseudorhaphitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

This genus was originally described by Boettger as a section in the genus Clathurella.

The small, thick, monochrome brown or white, elongate shells are claviform. They contain 6 - 7 whorls. The prominent and continuous axial ribs are moderately strong. They are crossed regularly by numerous, fine spiral lirae, producing granular or transverse plicules. The aperture measures about a third of the total length. The weakly notched siphonal canal is narrow and shallow. The sharp outer lip is denticulate on the inside and usually shows a particularly strong tooth close to the well-cut anal sinus. The columella occasionally carries 1-2 denticles.[2][3]
Species

Species within the genus Pseudorhaphitoma include:

Pseudorhaphitoma agna (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Pseudorhaphitoma albula (Thiele, 1925)
Pseudorhaphitoma alfredi (E. A. Smith, 1904)
Pseudorhaphitoma alma (Thiele, 1925)
Pseudorhaphitoma alticostata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)
Pseudorhaphitoma averina (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Pseudorhaphitoma axicula Hedley, 1922
Pseudorhaphitoma bipyramidata Hedley, 1922
Pseudorhaphitoma brionae (Sowerby III, 1888)
Pseudorhaphitoma calcata (Hedley, 1909)
Pseudorhaphitoma chocolata Stahlschmidt & E. Tardy, 2018
Pseudorhaphitoma cognata (Thiele, 1925)
Pseudorhaphitoma confortinii Bozzetti, 2007
Pseudorhaphitoma crudelis Hedley, 1922
Pseudorhaphitoma darnleyi (Brazier, 1876)
Pseudorhaphitoma ditylota (Melvill, 1912)
Pseudorhaphitoma drivasi Kilburn, 1993
Pseudorhaphitoma epistomifer Kilburn, 1993
Pseudorhaphitoma ethekwini Kilburn, 1993
Pseudorhaphitoma fairbanki (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
Pseudorhaphitoma fortistriata (Smith E. A., 1888)
Pseudorhaphitoma fuscescens (Thiele, 1925)
Pseudorhaphitoma granilirata (Smith E. A., 1888)
Pseudorhaphitoma heptagona (Dunker, 1871)
Pseudorhaphitoma hexagonalis (Reeve, 1845)
Pseudorhaphitoma ichthys (Melvill, 1910)
Pseudorhaphitoma informis Hedley, 1922
Pseudorhaphitoma iodolabiata (Hornung & Mermod, 1929)
Pseudorhaphitoma jamesnacei Stahlschmidt & E. Tardy, 2018
Pseudorhaphitoma jeantardyi Stahlschmidt & E. Tardy, 2018
Pseudorhaphitoma kilburni Morassi & Bonfitto, 2001
Pseudorhaphitoma mamillata (Smith E. A., 1888)
Pseudorhaphitoma multigranosa (Schepman, 1913)
Pseudorhaphitoma naganumaensis Otuka, 1935
† Pseudoraphitoma nakosiensis Nomura & Zinbo, 1936 [4]
Pseudorhaphitoma obturata Kilburn, 1993
Pseudorhaphitoma ornata Stahlschmidt & E. Tardy, 2018
Pseudorhaphitoma paula (Thiele, 1925)
Pseudorhaphitoma perlonga (Melvill, 1899)
Pseudorhaphitoma perplexior Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
Pseudorhaphitoma phaea (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Pseudorhaphitoma poppei Stahlschmidt & E. Tardy, 2018
Pseudorhaphitoma pyramidalis (Reeve, 1846)
Pseudorhaphitoma pyramidula (Laseron, 1954)
Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis (Hinds, 1843)
Pseudorhaphitoma scitula (Smith E. A., 1884)
Pseudorhaphitoma severa (Thiele, 1925)
Pseudorhaphitoma sienna Kilburn, 1993
Pseudorhaphitoma stipendiarii Kilburn, 1993
Pseudorhaphitoma styracina Hedley, 1922
Pseudorhaphitoma tetragona (Gould, 1861)
Pseudorhaphitoma thielei Kilburn, 1993
Pseudorhaphitoma transitans Hedley, 1922
Pseudorhaphitoma tropica (Thiele, 1925)
Pseudorhaphitoma uncicostata Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
Pseudorhaphitoma venusta (Morassi, 1994)

Species brought into synonymy

Pseudorhaphitoma anna Thiele, J., 1925: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma thielei Kilburn, 1993
Pseudorhaphitoma castellata (Smith E. A., 1888): synonym of Agathotoma castellata (E.A. Smith, 1888)
Pseudorhaphitoma costata coarctata G.B. Sowerby, 1897: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma alfredi (E.A. Smith, 1904)
Pseudorhaphitoma misera K.H.J. Thiele, 1925: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma alfredi (E.A. Smith, 1904)
Pseudorhaphitoma maria K.H.J. Thiele, 1925: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma ichthys (J.C. Melvill, 1910)
Pseudorhaphitoma obeliscus L.A. Reeve, 1846: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis (R.B. Hinds, 1843)

References

Bouchet, P. (2011). Pseudorhaphitoma Boettger, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432540 on 2012-07-06
Boettger, O. 1895. Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden. Nachrichtsblatt der.deutschen Malacolozoologische Gesellschaft 27 (1-2): p. 56
Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Nomura, Sitihei, and Noboru Zinbô. "Molluscan fossils from the Simaziri beds of Okinawa-zima, Ryukyu Islands." (1936).

Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.

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