Clathurina receptoria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

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

Clathurina receptoria

Description

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

Clathurina receptoria

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.

Clathurina receptoria

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Makran coast, Baluchistan.

References

External links

Kazmi, Quddusi B., M. Moazzam, and Razia Sultana. "Marine Molluscan fauna Of the Pakistani coastal waters"

Gastropods described in 1901