Raphitoma echinata

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Raphitoma echinata
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Shells of Raphitoma echinata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. echinata
Binomial name
Raphitoma echinata
(Brocchi, 1814)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clathurella septentrionalisLocard, 1891 (dubious synonym)
  • Defrancia reticulata(Renier, 1804) (unavailable name (published in a work rejected by ICZN))
  • Homotoma reticulataRenier, 1804
  • Murex echinatusBrocchi, 1814
  • Murex reticulatusBrocchi, 1814
  • Murex reticulatusRenier, 1804 (unavailable name under ICZN Opinion 316)
  • Philbertia asperimmaBrown, C.T., 1827
  • Philbertia echinata(Brocchi, 1814)
  • Philbertia reticulata(Renieri, 1804) (published in a paper rejected by ICZN opinion 316)
  • Pleurotoma reticulata(Brocchi, 1814)
  • Raphitoma reticulataRenier, 1804
  • Raphitoma reticulataBrocchi, 1814
  • Raphitoma septentrionalisLocard, 1892

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

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Subspecies

Description

The shell length varies between 12 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea along Apulia, Greece, and the Balearic Islands. They are also found north of the Hebrides and in the North Sea. [2] As they occupy the coasts and the former Doggerland, it can be ascertained that Raphitoma echinata enjoy shallow waters.

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References

  1. 1 2 Raphitoma echinata (Brocchi, 1814) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Raphitoma echinata (Brocchi, 1814)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 24 October 2021.


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