Raphitoma nivea
Appearance
Raphitoma nivea | |
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Original image of a shell of Raphitoma nivea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Raphitoma |
Species: | R. nivea
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Binomial name | |
Raphitoma nivea (J. T. Marshall in Sykes, 1906)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Raphitoma nivea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
[edit]This species has a broad twisted apex of two whorls. It resembles Raphitoma echinata (Brocchi, 1814) (synonym of Raphitoma reticulata Renier, 1804) in size, sculpture, and outlines, but R. echinata has a slender and acute apex of four whorls.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Algeria.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Raphitoma nivea (Monterosato, 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
External links
[edit]- Sykes E. R. 1906. On the Mollusca procured during the "Porcupine" Expeditions 1869-1870. Supplemental notes, part III. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 173-190, pl. 16
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.