Raphitoma echinata

Raphitoma echinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	R. echinata
Binomial name
	Raphitoma echinata; (Brocchi, 1814)
Synonyms
	Philbertia reticulata (Renieri, 1804) (published in a paper rejected by ICZN opinion 316); Philbertia asperimma Brown, C.T., 1827;

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

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 20 mm

This species is distributed in European waters from Norway to Madeira and in the Mediterranean Sea along Apulia and Greece.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark

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