Raphitoma laviae

Raphitoma laviae
	Shell of Raphitoma laviae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	R. laviae
Binomial name
	Raphitoma laviae; (Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms
	Clathurella purpurea var. laviae Philippi, 1844; Philbertia laviae (Philippi, 1844) (superseded generic combination); Pleurotoma corbis Michaud, 1829; Pleurotoma laviae Philippi, 1844; Raphitoma intermedia F. Nordsieck, 1968; Raphitoma (Cyrtoides) rudis intermedia F. Nordsieck, 1968; Raphitoma purpurea laviae (Philippi, 1844);

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm. The protoconch is multispiral.

(Original description) The reddish-brown shell has an oblong-fusiform shape. The six whorls show about 20 pronounced axial ribs, crossed by transverse riblets (about 5 in the upper whorls) forming a latticed structure. The aperture is oblong and is somewhat smaller than half the length of the shell. The outer lip is incrassate and notched within.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western and Central Mediterranean Sea.

References

^ ^a ^b Raphitoma laviae (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
^ Philippi R.A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28]

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
Hoarau A. & Horst D. (2020). Les genres Cyrillia, Leufroyia & Raphitoma vivants de Méditerranée française. AFC, Paris, and ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 98 pp.

External links

[WoRMS-1] Raphitoma laviae (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] Philippi R.A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28]

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