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

(Original description) The small, solid shell is biconical.

Sculpture:—The first adult whorl shows numerous small radial riblets.

The spirals are prominent cords which project at the intersection of the ribs, two on the upper whorls and twelve on the body whorl, evenly distributed from the shoulder to the anterior extremity.

[2] This marine genus occurs in the Gulf of Carpentaria and off Queensland, Australia