''Raphitoma digiulioi'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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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). . 3 ...

.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma digiulioi Pusateri & Giannuzzi Savelli, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1046170 on 2019-12-10

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Corsica

References

* Pusateri F., Giannuzzi Savelli R., Bartolini S. & Oliverio M. (2017). ''A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Neogastropoda, Conoidea) 4: The species of the group of Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803) with the description of a new species.'' Bollettino Malacologico. 53(2): 161-183.

External links

Biolib.cz: ''Raphitoma digiulioi''
digiulioi Gastropods described in 2017 {{Raphitomidae-stub