Raphitoma contigua

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

Raphitoma contigua
Shell of Raphitoma contigua (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. contigua
Binomial name
Raphitoma contigua
(Monterosato, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella contigua Locard, 1886
  • Defrancia contigua Paetel, 1888
  • Philbertia contigua Monterosato, 1884 (original combination)
  • Philbertia cordieri (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Pleurotomoides (Pleurotomoides) contigua Stolfa Zucchi, 1971
  • Raphitoma purpurea philberti Bucquoy, EJ, Ph. Dautzenberg & GF Dollfus, 1882

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.

References
  1. {MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma contigua (Monterosato, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596315 on 2019-12-08
  • Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
  • Gastropods.com: Raphitoma contigua
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • ÖZTÜRK, BİLAL, et al. "Marine molluscs of the Turkish coasts: an updated checklist." Turkish Journal of Zoology 38.6 (2014): 832-879


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