Raphitoma contigua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Raphitoma contigua | |
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Shell of Raphitoma contigua (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Raphitoma |
Species: | R. contigua
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Binomial name | |
Raphitoma contigua (Monterosato, 1884)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 12 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
edit- ^ {MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma contigua (Monterosato, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596315 on 2019-12-08
External links
edit- Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
- Gastropods.com: Raphitoma contigua
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- ÖZTÜRK, BİLAL, et al. "Marine molluscs of the Turkish coasts: an updated checklist." Turkish Journal of Zoology 38.6 (2014): 832-879
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