''Raphitoma densa'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...
.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 12 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western and Central
Mediterranean Sea.
References
* Nordsieck F. (1977). ''The Turridae of the European seas.'' Roma: La Conchiglia. 131 pp.
External links
Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). ''Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee''. Palermo, Virzi, 152 ppLocard A. (1891). ''Les coquilles marines des côtes de France''. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385Gastropods.com: ''Raphitoma densa''*
Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F. & Bartolini S. (2018). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea), 7: on the sibling species Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884) and R. griseomaculata n. sp. Biodiversity Journal. 9(4): 429-440
densa
Gastropods described in 1884
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