{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Speciesbox |taxon =Raphitoma dempsta |image = |image_caption = |authority = ([[Augustus Addison Gould|A.A. Gould]], 1860) |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = * ''Daphnella dempsta'' <small>(A.A. Gould, 1860)</small> * ''Mangelia dempsta'' <small>A.A. Gould, 1860</small> |display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Raphitoma dempsta''''' is a species of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref>Gould, A. A. Descriptions of shells collected in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition1860. under Captains Ringgold and Rodgers. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1859-1860 vol.7 p. 340</ref>

==Description== The length of the shell reaches 3&nbsp;mm, its diameter 1&nbsp;mm.

The white, minute, short shell has a rhomboid-fusiform shape and contains six [[Whorl (mollusc)|whorl]]s. The shell shows eight conspicuous ribs and dense, spiral threads. The [[body whorl]] measures half the total length. The [[Aperture (mollusc)|aperture]] is long and narrow. The outer [[Lip (gastropod)|lip]] is sharp and incrassate posteriorly. The short [[siphonal canal]] is wide.<ref> [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36472#page/348/mode/1up A.A. Gould, ''New shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition''; Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 7 (1859-1861)]</ref>

==Distribution== This marine species occurs in the South China Seas.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [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}} * [http://olivirv.myspecies.info/sites/olivirv.myspecies.info/files/The%20Recent%20Mollusca%20of%20Augustus%20-%20Johnson%2C%20R.I.%20%28Richard%20I.%29.pdf R.I. Johnson, The Recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould; United States National Museum, bulletin 239, Washington D.C. 1964] * [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295].

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphitoma Dempsta}} [[Category:Raphitoma|dempsta]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1860]] [[Category:Taxa named by Augustus Addison Gould]]