Raphitoma oblonga

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

Raphitoma oblonga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. oblonga
Binomial name
Raphitoma oblonga
(Jeffreys, 1867)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella bucquoyi Locard, 1886
  • Clathurella purpurea var. denseclathrata Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913
  • Clathurella servaini Locard, 1891
  • Defrancia purpurea var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1867 (basionym)
  • Raphitoma servaini (Locard, 1891)

Description

The length varies between 12 mm and 14 mm, its diameter between 5 mm and 5.5 mm.

The shell has a fusiform shape and a rather high acuminate spire. The body whorl is bulbous. The whorls are covered with regular longitudinal ribs forming small reticulations, when crossed by the spiral riblets. The aperture is oblong. The short siphonal canal is slightly bent. The ground color of the shell is dark brown, sometimes with white spots. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the English Channel.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma oblonga (Jeffreys, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1301155 on 2019-11-28
  2. Locard A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385
  • Dautzenberg, P. & Durouchoux, P. (1913) Les mollusques de la Baie de Saint-Malo (suite). La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, 43(515), 9–16
  • 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
  • Jeffreys J.G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 ]
  • Locard A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385
  • Locard A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusque marins. Lyon, H. Georg & Paris, Baillière : pp. X + 778
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Biolib.cz: Raphitoma oblonga
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