Raphitoma nivea

Raphitoma nivea
Original image of a shell of Raphitoma nivea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	R. nivea
Binomial name
Raphitoma nivea (J. T. Marshall in Sykes, 1906)
Synonyms [1]
Clathurella niveaMonterosato, 1875 (original combination) Defrancia reticulata, var. niveaMonterosato, 1875 Pleurotoma {Homotoma) niveaMonterosato, 1878

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

Description

This species has a broad twisted apex of two whorls. It resembles Raphitoma echinata(Brocchi, 1814) (synonym of Raphitoma reticulataRenier, 1804) in size, sculpture, and outlines, but R. echinata has a slender and acute apex of four whorls.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Algeria.

References

1. Raphitoma nivea (Monterosato, 1875) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.

• 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.

External links

• Sykes E. R. 1906. On the Mollusca procured during the "Porcupine" Expeditions 1869-1870. Supplemental notes, part III. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 173-190, pl. 16
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.