Raphitoma philberti

Raphitoma philberti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	R. philberti
Binomial name
	Raphitoma philberti; (Michaud, 1829)
Synonyms
	Pleurotoma philberti Michaud, 1829; Pleurotoma variegata Philippi, 1836; Pleurotoma variegatum Philippi, 1836; Pleurotoma versicolor Scacchi, 1836 (dubious synonym);

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 14 mm.

The shell is turreted and fusiform. It contains about six convex whorls. They contain longitudinally rather tuberculated ribs that are decussated by coarse, elevated, transverse striae. The outer lip is thickened within, somewhat contracting the aperture, and strongly dentated with seven or eight elevated teeth. It has a moderately sized sinus immediately at the suture.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

^ ^a ^b Raphitoma philberti (Michaud, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
^ Wood, Searles Valentine. A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca: With Descriptipns of Shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. Vol. 1. Johnson, 1848.

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

[WoRMS-1] Raphitoma philberti (Michaud, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] Wood, Searles Valentine. A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca: With Descriptipns of Shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. Vol. 1. Johnson, 1848.

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