Raphitoma nivea

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

Raphitoma nivea
Original image of a shell of Raphitoma nivea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. nivea
Binomial name
Raphitoma nivea
(J. T. Marshall in Sykes, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella nivea Monterosato, 1875 (original combination)
  • Defrancia reticulata, var. nivea Monterosato, 1875
  • Pleurotoma {Homotoma) nivea Monterosato, 1878

Description

This species has a broad twisted apex of two whorls. It resembles Raphitoma echinata (Brocchi, 1814) (synonym of Raphitoma reticulata Renier, 1804) in size, sculpture, and outlines, but R. echinata has a slender and acute apex of four whorls.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Algeria.

References
  1. Raphitoma nivea (Monterosato, 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
  • Sykes E. R. 1906. On the Mollusca procured during the "Porcupine" Expeditions 1869-1870. Supplemental notes, part III. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 173-190, pl. 16
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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