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Raphitoma
''Raphitoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Raphitomidae. The type species ''Pleurotoma hystrix'' Cristofori and Jan, 1832 is a nomen nudum. It has been validated by Bellardi, 1847 as “''Pleurotoma histrix'' Jan.” Distribution This genus occurs in European waters, in the northern part of the Mediterranean Sea, and in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde, West Africa and Angola. Taxonomy history The genus ''Raphitoma'' was created in 1847 by Luigi Bellardi (1818-1889) in his "Monographie des Pleurotomes fossiles du Piémont" for species in different groups without Operculum (gastropod), operculum. ''Raphitoma'' now contains many species formerly assigned to ''Pleurotoma'' Lamarck, 1799, ''Clathurella'' (Carpenter, 1857) and ''Philbertia'' (Monterosato, 1884). ''Philbertia'' was synonymized with ''Raphitoma'' in 1990 because Dr. Philippe Bouchet did not consider valid the subdivision of species into different genera so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphitoma Alternans
''Raphitoma alternans'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the shell reaches a length of 10 mm. It has a paucispiral protoconch. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean Sea. References ;Footnotes ;Bibliography * Oliverio, M. (2018). ''Catalogue of the primary types of marine molluscan taxa described by Tommaso Allery Di Maria, Marquis of Monterosato, deposited in the Museo Civico di Zoologia, Roma''. Zootaxa, 4477 (1), 1-138. * 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 Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). ''Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee''. Palermo, Virzi, 152 ppGastropods.com: ''Raphi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |