Criscione, Francesco;Hallan, Anders
Pontiothauma
Sign in to savePontiothauma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyRaphitomidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Raphitomidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK, AM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Antarctica, Australia
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Pontiothauma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
==Description== The fusiform shell is not umbilicate, anteriorly rostrate and obliquely folded, It is spirally furrowed by lirae. The aperture ends in a short siphonal canal. The simple columella is not folded. The outer lip is thin, posteriorly wide but not deeply sinuate. The shell lacks an operculum.
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