Raphitoma densa

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

Raphitoma densa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. densa
Binomial name
Raphitoma densa
(Monterosato, 1884)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella decorata Locard, 1891
  • Philbertia densa Monterosato, 1884
  • Philbertia densa fusca (var.) Locard, E.A.A. & E. Caziot, 1900
  • Philbertia densa minor (var.) Locard, E.A.A. & E. Caziot, 1900
  • Philbertia densa rufa (var.) Locard, E.A.A. & E. Caziot, 1900
  • Raphitoma (Philbertia) bourguignati tarentina F. Nordsieck, 1977
  • Raphitoma (Philbertia) flavida F. Nordsieck, 1977
  • Raphitoma flavida F. Nordsieck, 1977

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western and Central Mediterranean Sea.

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References
  1. Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Nordsieck F. (1977). The Turridae of the European seas. Roma: La Conchiglia. 131 pp.
  • Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
  • Locard A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385
  • Gastropods.com: Raphitoma densa
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F. & Bartolini S. (2018). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea), 7: on the sibling species Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884) and R. griseomaculata n. sp. Biodiversity Journal. 9(4): 429-440


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