# Raphitoma strucki

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Species of mollusc

Raphitoma strucki Shell of Raphitoma strucki Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Raphitoma Species: R. strucki Binomial name Raphitoma strucki (Maltzan, 1883) Synonyms[1] Mangilia (Raphitoma) strucki Maltzan, 1883 (basionym) Mangilia strucki Maltzan, 1883 (original combination)

***Raphitoma strucki*** is a [species](/source/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 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](/source/Lip_(gastropod)) is thickened and dentate. [2]

## Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off [Senegal](/source/Senegal).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-1) 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](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1030865) on 2019-12-19

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [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).

## External links

- [Maltzan H.F. von. (1883). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 10: 115–135, pl. 3](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27005795)

- [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](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32055812)

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

Taxon identifiers Raphitoma strucki Wikidata: Q61701028 CoL: 794TC GBIF: 9277251 Open Tree of Life: 7953465 WoRMS: 1030865

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