Raphitoma strucki

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

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)

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 is thickened and dentate. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.