Raphitoma zelotypa

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

Raphitoma zelotypa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. zelotypa
Binomial name
Raphitoma zelotypa
Rolan et al, 1998

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Angola.

References

  • Rolán E., Otero-Schmitt J. & Fernandes F. (1998) The family Turridae s. l. (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) in Angola (West Africa). 1. Subfamily Daphnellinae. Iberus, 16: 95–118
  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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