Raphitoma pupoides | |
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Shell of Raphitoma pupoides (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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. pupoides
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Binomial name | |
Raphitoma pupoides (Monterosato, 1884)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Raphitoma pupoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 17 mm.
(Original description) It stands out at a glance for its pupoid shape and for its very short siphonal canal, a strongly denticled aperture, oblique and obsolete cross-linking, rapid subtraction, tumid evolutions. The conical apex is composed of many rounded corners, the last of which at angled periphery. [2]
This species occurs in the Central Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands.
Raphitoma pupoides | |
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Shell of Raphitoma pupoides (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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. pupoides
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Binomial name | |
Raphitoma pupoides (Monterosato, 1884)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Raphitoma pupoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 17 mm.
(Original description) It stands out at a glance for its pupoid shape and for its very short siphonal canal, a strongly denticled aperture, oblique and obsolete cross-linking, rapid subtraction, tumid evolutions. The conical apex is composed of many rounded corners, the last of which at angled periphery. [2]
This species occurs in the Central Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands.