Raphitoma laviae

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

Raphitoma laviae
Shell of Raphitoma laviae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. laviae
Binomial name
Raphitoma laviae
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella purpurea var. laviae Philippi, 1844
  • Pleurotoma corbis Michaud, 1829
  • Pleurotoma laviae Philippi, 1844
  • Raphitoma purpurea laviae (Philippi, 1844)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm. The protoconch is multispiral.

(Original description) The reddish-brown shell has an oblong-fusiform shape. The six whorls show about 20 pronounced axial ribs, crossed by transverse riblets (about 5 in the upper whorls) forming a latticed structure. The aperture is oblong and is somewhat smaller than half the length of the shell. The outer lip is incrassate and notched within. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western and Central Mediterranean Sea.

References
  1. Raphitoma laviae (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Philippi R.A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28]
  • 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, supplement 11: 1-77
  • Philippi R.A. (1844) - Bemerkungen über die Molluskenfauna Unter-Italiens; Archiv für Naturgeschichte. vol. 10 (1)
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Raphitoma laviae
  • Biolib.cz: Raphitoma laviae
  • Natural History Museum, Rotterdam: Raphitoma laviae
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