Raphitoma bourguignati

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Raphitoma bourguignati
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Shell of Raphitoma bourguignati (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. bourguignati
Binomial name
Raphitoma bourguignati
(Locard, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella bourguignatiLocard, 1891 (original combination)
  • Raphitoma (Philbertia) bourguignati(Locard, 1891)

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

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Description

The length of the shell reaches a length of 22 mm and a diameter of 8 mm.

This species was previously included in the speciescomplex Raphitoma purpurea . Compared with R. purpurea, the shell is narrower and the spire is more slender. The whorls are less convex. The axial ribs are very close, larger and more regular. They form with the spiral threads a regular reticulation with nodules. The ground color of the shell is a bright pale yellow. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off France

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References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma bourguignati (Locard, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1046171 on 2019-12-09
  2. ↑ Locard A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385
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