Raphitoma bicolor

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|taxon = Raphitoma bicolor

|authority = (Risso, 1826)

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  • Clathurella bicolor Dautzenberg, 1883
  • Philbertia bicolor Monterosato, 1884
  • Pleurotoma bicolor Risso, 1826(original combination)
  • Pleurotoma cornea Blainville, 1829
  • Raphitoma (Cyrtoides) bicolor Nordsieck, 1968

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Raphitoma bicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.{{WRMS species|248257|Raphitoma bicolor (Risso, 1826)||5 April 2010}}

Description

The length varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.

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Distribution

The entire Mediterranean Sea; NE Atlantic, from Wales to Canary Islands.

References

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  • Arnaud, P. M., 1978 Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice, "1977" 5 101-150
  • 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, Suppl. 11: 1-77