Raphitoma radula
Raphitoma radula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Raphitoma radula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Raphitoma |
| Species: | R. radula |
| Binomial name | |
| Raphitoma radula (Monterosato, 1884) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 19 mm, its diameter between 4 mm and 8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Central Mediterranean Sea off Palermo, Sicily; off France, Croatia and Algeria.
References
- MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma radula (Monterosato, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881516 on 2019-12-09
External links
- Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
- Gastropods.com: Raphitoma (pupoides
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli, Francesco Pusateri, Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli, Riccardo Giannuzzi: A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae, 3: on the Raphitoma pupoides (Monterosato, 1884) complex, with the description of a new species (Mollusca Gastropoda); Biodiversity Journal, 2016, 7 (1): 103–115
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