Raphitoma laviae | |
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Shell of Raphitoma laviae | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Raphitoma |
Species: | R. laviae
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Binomial name | |
Raphitoma laviae (Philippi, 1844)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Raphitoma laviae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm. The protoconch is multispiral.
(Original description) The reddish-brown shell has an oblong-fusiform shape. The six whorls show about 20 pronounced axial ribs, crossed by transverse riblets (about 5 in the upper whorls) forming a latticed structure. The aperture is oblong and is somewhat smaller than half the length of the shell. The outer lip is incrassate and notched within. [2]
This species occurs in the Western and Central Mediterranean Sea.
Raphitoma laviae | |
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Shell of Raphitoma laviae | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Raphitoma |
Species: | R. laviae
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Binomial name | |
Raphitoma laviae (Philippi, 1844)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Raphitoma laviae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm. The protoconch is multispiral.
(Original description) The reddish-brown shell has an oblong-fusiform shape. The six whorls show about 20 pronounced axial ribs, crossed by transverse riblets (about 5 in the upper whorls) forming a latticed structure. The aperture is oblong and is somewhat smaller than half the length of the shell. The outer lip is incrassate and notched within. [2]
This species occurs in the Western and Central Mediterranean Sea.