Raphitoma natalensis

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

Raphitoma natalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. natalensis
Binomial name
Raphitoma natalensis
(Barnard, 1958)
Synonyms

Philbertia natalensis Barnard, 1958

Description

The shell reaches a length of 5 mm and its diameter of 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa.

References

  1. Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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