{{short description|Species of mollusc}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Raphitoma strucki |image = Raphitoma strucki 001.jpg |image_caption = Shell of ''Raphitoma strucki'' |authority = ([[Hermann von Maltzan|Maltzan]], 1883) |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * ''Mangilia (Raphitoma) strucki'' <small>Maltzan, 1883</small> (basionym) * ''Mangilia strucki'' <small>Maltzan, 1883</small> (original combination) |display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Raphitoma strucki''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>
==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 (gastropod)|lip]] is thickened and dentate. <ref>[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}}</ref>
==Distribution== This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off [[Senegal]].
==References== {{Reflist}}
==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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphitoma Strucki}} [[Category:Raphitoma|strucki]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1883]] [[Category:Taxa named by Hermann von Maltzan]]