Biology:Raphitoma pupoides
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Raphitoma pupoides | |
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| Shell of Raphitoma pupoides (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Raphitoma |
| Species: | R. pupoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Raphitoma pupoides (Monterosato, 1884)
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Raphitoma pupoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 17 mm.
(Original description) It stands out at a glance for its pupoid shape and for its very short siphonal canal, a strongly denticled aperture, oblique and obsolete cross-linking, rapid subtraction, tumid evolutions. The conical apex is composed of many rounded corners, the last of which at angled periphery. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Central Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands.
References
- Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli, Francesco Pusateri, Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli, Riccardo Giannuzzi: A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae, 3: on the Raphitoma pupoides (Monterosato, 1884) complex, with the description of a new species (Mollusca Gastropoda); Biodiversity Journal, 2016, 7 (1): 103–115
External links
- Scacchi, A. (1836). Catalogus Conchyliorum regni Neapolitani. Neapoli [Naples, Typis Filiatre-Sebetii 18 p., 1 pl]
- Gastropods.com: Raphitoma (pupoides
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3721794 entry
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