Raphitoma laviae

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

Raphitoma laviae
Shell of Raphitoma laviae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. laviae
Binomial name
Raphitoma laviae
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella purpurea var. laviae Philippi, 1844
  • Philbertia laviae (Philippi, 1844) (superseded generic combination)
  • Pleurotoma corbis Michaud, 1829
  • Pleurotoma laviae Philippi, 1844
  • Raphitoma intermedia F. Nordsieck, 1968
  • Raphitoma (Cyrtoides) rudis intermedia F. Nordsieck, 1968
  • Raphitoma purpurea laviae (Philippi, 1844)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm. The protoconch is multispiral.

(Original description) The reddish-brown shell has an oblong-fusiform shape. The six whorls show about 20 pronounced axial ribs, crossed by transverse riblets (about 5 in the upper whorls) forming a latticed structure. The aperture is oblong and is somewhat smaller than half the length of the shell. The outer lip is incrassate and notched within. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western and Central Mediterranean Sea.

References

  • Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F. & Bartolini S. (2018). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) 5: loss of planktotrophy and pairs of species, with the description of four new species. Bollettino Malacologico. 54, supplement 11: 1-77
  • Hoarau A. & Horst D. (2020). Les genres Cyrillia, Leufroyia & Raphitoma vivants de Méditerranée française. AFC, Paris, and ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 98 pp.
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