Raphitoma atropurpurea

Raphitoma atropurpurea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Raphitoma atropurpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. atropurpurea
Binomial name
Raphitoma atropurpurea
(Locard & Caziot, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella atropurpurea Locard & Caziot, 1900
  • Philbertia atropurpurea (Locard & Caziot, 1900)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.

The monochrome dark brown shell has a somewhat elongated, fusiform shape. The spire is long but not very acuminate. The shell contains 10 convex whorls, separated by a rather impressed suture. The body whorl is rounded and is attenuated progressively downwards. The whorls show narrow, close, prominent ribs intersected by decurrent, narrow, prominent, regular and continual striae, forming a regular reticulation. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Southern France and Corsica.

References
  1. Raphitoma atropurpurea (Locard & Caziot, 1900). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Locard A. & Caziot E. (1900-1901). Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, 46: 193-274 [1900; 47: 1-80, 159-291]
  • Pusateri F., Giannuzzi Savelli R., Bartolini S. & Oliverio M. (2017). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Neogastropoda, Conoidea) 4: The species of the group of Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803) with the description of a new species. Bollettino Malacologico. 53(2): 161-183.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Raphitoma (Raphitoma) atropurpurea
  • Biolib.cz: Raphitoma atropurpurea
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