Pleurotomella itama

Pleurotomella itama is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Pleurotomella itama
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella itama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pleurotomella
Species:	P. itama
Binomial name
Pleurotomella itama (Melvill, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
Daphnella (Pleurotomella) itama Melvill, 1906

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

This little, fusiform shell contains 7-8 whorls, including a three to four ventricose-whorled, beautifully cancellate, ochre-colored protoconch. The whorls of the spire are impressed at the suture and angulate in their middle. The few longitudinal ribs are remarkably incrassate, and are crossed by the spiral lirae, which give a roughened appearance to the whole surface. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip spreads out loosely. The siphonal canal is very short. The columella is simple. The shell is straw-colored to brownish.^[2]

Distribution

{This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman