Raphitoma columnae

Raphitoma columnae
	Shell of Raphitoma columnae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	R. columnae
Binomial name
	Raphitoma columnae; (Scacchi, 1835)
Synonyms
	Bela columnae Glibert, 1960; Cythara (Raphitoma) columnae Ruggieri, 1952; Daphnella (Raphitoma) columnae Cipolla, 1914; Fusus costatus Phillippi, 1836; Fusus striatellus Bivona-Bernardi, Ant. & And. Bivona-Bernardi, 1838; Pleurotoma columnae Scacchi, 1835 (original combination); Pleurotoma (Raphitoma) columnae Seguenza, 1873;

Raphitoma columnae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell reaches 23 mm, its diameter 7 mm.

Compared with Raphitoma harpula, the shell is longer, the whorls are less convex, the suture is less impressed. The body whorl is shorter and less depressed on top. The axial ribs are hardly oblique. The transverse striae are uniform and don't form nodules when crossing the ribs. The siphonal canal is straight, shorter and hardly noticed.^[2]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata of Italy.

References

^ ^a ^b Raphitoma columnae (Scacchi, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
^ Bellardi, L. (1877). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte II (Pleurotomidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 364 pp., 9 pl.

Scacchi A. 1835. Notizie intorno alle conchiglie ed a' zoofiti fossili che si trovano nelle vicinanze di Gravina in Puglia. Annali Civili del Regno delle Due Sicilie 6: 75-84; 7: 5-18, 2 pl.

External links

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.

[WoRMS-1] Raphitoma columnae (Scacchi, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] Bellardi, L. (1877). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte II (Pleurotomidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 364 pp., 9 pl.

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