Clathurina receptoria

Clathurina receptoria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Clathurina receptoria
Original image of a shell of Clathurina receptoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Clathurina
Species:	C. receptoria
Binomial name
Clathurina receptoria (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Synonyms
Clathurina receptoria (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901) Kermia receptoria (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901)

The genus Clathurina is a synonym of Kermia W. R. B. Oliver, 1915.

Description

The length of the shell attains 18.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

A most graceful, dark ocher, fusiform species. It contains seven angulate whorls. The protoconch is vitreous and purple colored. The subsequent whorls are impressed at the suture. The wide aperture is oblong and is whitish on the inside. The outer lip is lunulate. The columella stands almost upright. The siphonal canal is short.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Makran coast, Baluchistan.