Leufroyia concinna

Raphitoma concinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	R. concinna
Binomial name
	Raphitoma concinna; (Scacchi, 1836)
Synonyms
	Fusus boothii J. Smith, 1839; Leufroyia concinna (Scacchi, 1836); Philbertia concinna (Scacchi, 1836); Pleurotoma concinna Scacchi, 1836 (basionym); Raphitoma (Leufroyia) boothii (J. Smith, 1839);

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm

This species is distributed in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea (along Apulia and Greece) and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores.

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Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark

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