Raphitoma dempsta

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

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

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. The shell shows eight conspicuous ribs and dense, spiral threads. The body whorl measures half the total length. The aperture is long and narrow. The outer lip is sharp and incrassate posteriorly. The short siphonal canal is wide.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South China Seas.