Raphitoma alleryana

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  • Clathurella bofilliana (Sulliotti, 1889)
  • Philbertia alleryana Sulliotti, 1889
  • Philbertia bofilliana Sulliotti, 1889 (original combination)
  • Raphitoma bofilliana (Sulliotti, 1889)
  • Raphitoma (Philbertia) bofilliana (Sulliotti, 1889)

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Raphitoma alleryana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma alleryana (Sulliotti, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1301489 on 2019-12-04

Description

The length of the shell reaches a length of 10 mm.

A shell with a minute, elegant fusiform shape, very distinct from its congeners through its sleek appearance produced by the rapidly growing in volume of its 6½ slightly convex whorls, for the subtle reticulation and the low elevation of the ribs which gives it a pearly appearance, and finally for the softness of the shell and its golden-yellow to horny color.. The suture is impressed. The aperture is subovate with a simple outer lip with inconspicuous denticles. The short siphonal canal is slightly inflected. The body whorl shows a conspicuous white submedian band. The smooth apex has a bright, horny color. The columella is almost straight. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121430#page/37/mode/1up Sulliotti G. R. (1889). Comunicazioni malacologiche I. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana 14: 25-44]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and off Italy and Portugal.

References

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121430#page/71/mode/1up Sulliotti, G.R. (1889b) Comunicazioni malacologiche articolo secondo. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, 14, 65–74]
  • 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