Raphitoma densa
Raphitoma densa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Raphitoma densa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Raphitoma |
| Species: | R. densa |
| Binomial name | |
| Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 12 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western and Central Mediterranean Sea.
References
- Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Nordsieck F. (1977). The Turridae of the European seas. Roma: La Conchiglia. 131 pp.
External links
- Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
- Locard A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385
- Gastropods.com: Raphitoma densa
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F. & Bartolini S. (2018). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea), 7: on the sibling species Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884) and R. griseomaculata n. sp. Biodiversity Journal. 9(4): 429-440
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