Clathurina receptoria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Clathurina receptoria (Melvill & Standen, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1520572 on 2023-08-01Melvill & Standen (1901) Mollusks from the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 2, 1901
The genus Clathurina is a synonym of Kermia W. R. B. Oliver, 1915.
Description The length of the shell attains 18.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.
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.
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"