''Raphitoma pseudohystrix'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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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 ...
.
Description
Distribution
* European waters
* Grecian Exclusive Economic Zone
* Western, Central Mediterranean and Adriatic. The records from Greece seem due to a misidentification.
References
* Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F. & Bartolini S., 2018. ''A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) 5: loss of planktotrophy and pairs of species, with the description of four new species.'' Bollettino Malacologico 54, Suppl. 11: 1-77
* Ceulemans L., Van Dingenen F. & Landau B.M. (2018). ''The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire- Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (fine).'' Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 89-176
External links
Sykes E. R. 1906. ''On the Mollusca procured during the "Porcupine" Expeditions 1869-1870. Supplemental notes, part III.'' Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 173-190, pl. 16Carrozza F. (1984). ''Raphitoma divae n. sp.'' Bollettino Malacologico 20(5-8): 151-154MNHN. Paris: holotype*
Gastropods.com: ''Raphitoma (Raphitoma) pseudohystrix''
pseudohystrix
Gastropods described in 1906
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