Raphitoma philberti

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Raphitoma philberti
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A shell of Raphitoma philberti
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. philberti
Binomial name
Raphitoma philberti
(Michaud, 1829)
Synonyms [1]
  • Homotoma philberti(Michaud, 1829)
  • Pleurotoma philbertiMichaud, 1829 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma variegataPhilippi, 1836
  • Pleurotoma variegatumPhilippi, 1836
  • Pleurotoma versicolorScacchi, 1836 (dubious synonym)
  • Raphitoma variegatumPhilippi, 1836
  • Raphitoma versicolorScacchi, 1836 (dubious synonym)

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 14 mm.

The shell is turreted and fusiform. It contains about six convex whorls. They contain longitudinally rather tuberculated ribs that are decussated by coarse, elevated, transverse striae. The outer lip is thickened within, somewhat contracting the aperture, and strongly dentated with seven or eight elevated teeth. It has a moderately sized sinus immediately at the suture. [2] Coloration uniformly tawny-reddish, from light to dark, with whitish blotches as wide as two axials usually vanishing towards the suture. Comma-shaped white spots on the subsutural ramp. Soft parts foot sharped bilobed anteriorly. Black eyes at proximal 1/3 of tentacles. Foot and cephalic tentacles withish/yellowish semi-transparent with many bright white spots, head semi-transparent greyish/blackish. Siphon blackish with withish spots and a whitish ring at top.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Raphitoma philberti (Michaud, 1829) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
  2. Wood, Searles Valentine. A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca: With Descriptions of Shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. Vol. 1. Johnson, 1848.