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Pseudorhaphitoma venusta

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ10355217 ↗
Source-derived summary

Pseudorhaphitoma venusta is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Somalia.

References

Morassi M., La Conchiglia vol. 26/272, 1994

External links

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Pseudorhaphitoma venusta” is species of mollusc. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Pseudorhaphitoma, venusta and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2004, 1295—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Pseudorhaphitoma, venusta and species is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “species of mollusc” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10355217. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1994, 2004 and 1295.

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Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pseudorhaphitoma venusta” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.