Raphitoma bicolor
Shell of Raphitoma bicolor (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. bicolor
Binomial name
Raphitoma bicolor
(Risso, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella bicolor Dautzenberg, 1883
  • Philbertia bicolor Monterosato, 1884
  • Pleurotoma bicolor Risso, 1826(original combination)
  • Pleurotoma cornea Blainville, 1829
  • Raphitoma (Cyrtoides) bicolor Nordsieck, 1968

Raphitoma bicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

The length varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

The entire Mediterranean Sea; NE Atlantic, from Wales to Canary Islands.

References

  • Arnaud, P. M., 1978 Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice, "1977" 5 101-150
  • 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
  • Risso, A., 1826 - Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes. Mollusques, vol. 4, p. 1-439, 12 pls
  • Lectotype at MNHN, Paris
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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