# Raphitoma dempsta

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Species of gastropod

Raphitoma dempsta Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Raphitoma Species: R. dempsta Binomial name Raphitoma dempsta (A.A. Gould, 1860) Synonyms Daphnella dempsta (A.A. Gould, 1860) Mangelia dempsta A.A. Gould, 1860

***Raphitoma dempsta*** is a species of [sea snail](/source/Sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Raphitomidae](/source/Raphitomidae).[1]

## Description

The length of the shell reaches 3 mm, its diameter 1 mm.

The white, minute, short shell has a rhomboid-fusiform shape and contains six [whorls](/source/Whorl_(mollusc)). The shell shows eight conspicuous ribs and dense, spiral threads. The [body whorl](/source/Body_whorl) measures half the total length. The [aperture](/source/Aperture_(mollusc)) is long and narrow. The outer [lip](/source/Lip_(gastropod)) is sharp and incrassate posteriorly. The short [siphonal canal](/source/Siphonal_canal) is wide.[2]

## Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South China Seas.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [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)](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36472#page/348/mode/1up)

## External links

- [G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences](https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain).

- [R.I. Johnson, The Recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould; United States National Museum, bulletin 239, Washington D.C. 1964](http://olivirv.myspecies.info/sites/olivirv.myspecies.info/files/The%20Recent%20Mollusca%20of%20Augustus%20-%20Johnson%2C%20R.I.%20%28Richard%20I.%29.pdf)

- [Tucker, J.K. 2004 *Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)*. Zootaxa 682:1–1295](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf).

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