Raphitoma mirabilis

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

Raphitoma mirabilis
Original image of a shell of Raphitoma mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. mirabilis
Binomial name
Raphitoma mirabilis
(Pallary, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Homotoma mirabilis Pallary, 1904 (original combination)
  • Philbertia mirabilis (Pallary, 1904)
  • Raphitoma (Raphitoma) mirabilis (Pallary, 1904)

Description

The length of the shell reaches 9 mm.

The very slender, fusiform, turriculate shell has a high spire and a pointed apex. It contains 7 convex whorls, of which two in the protoconch. They show longitudinal ribs, lamellar, spaced, narrow, elevated, and smaller decurrent threads forming a reticulation with nodules. The aperture is ovate and measures a little less than half the length of the shell. The siphonal canal is rather long. The columella is straight and slightly twisted at the base. The rounded outer lip is thin, not wrinkled and notched at the edge of the suture. The ground color of the shell is reddish brown on which the reticulation comes off in white. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tunisia.

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References
  1. Raphitoma mirabilis (Pallary, 1904). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Pallary P. (1904-1906). Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. Journal de Conchyliologie. 52: 212-248, pl. 7 [1904; 54: 77-124, pl. 4]
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Raphitoma (Raphitoma) mirabilis
  • Natural History Museum, Rotterdam: Raphitoma mirabilis


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