Raphitoma christfriedi

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

Raphitoma christfriedi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. christfriedi
Binomial name
Raphitoma christfriedi
Rolan et al, 1998

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Angola.

References

  • Rolán E., Otero-Schmitt J. & Fernandes F. (1998) The family Turridae s. l. (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) in Angola (West Africa). 1. Subfamily Daphnellinae. Iberus, 16: 95–118
  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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