Raphitoma bicolor
Raphitoma bicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Raphitoma bicolor | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Raphitoma |
| Species: | R. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Raphitoma bicolor (Risso, 1826) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.
Distribution
The entire Mediterranean Sea; NE Atlantic, from Wales to Canary Islands.
References
- Raphitoma bicolor (Risso, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Arnaud, P. M., 1978 Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice, "1977" 5 101-150
- Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F. & Bartolini S., 2018. A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) 5: loss of planktotrophy and pairs of species, with the description of four new species. Bollettino Malacologico 54, Suppl. 11: 1-77
External links
- Risso, A., 1826 - Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes. Mollusques, vol. 4, p. 1-439, 12 pls
- Lectotype at MNHN, Paris
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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