Raphitoma melitis

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Raphitoma melitis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[https://jbiolres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40709-018-0085-3 Manousis, C. et al, 2018. The family Raphitomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) in the Greek Seas with the description of two new species; Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki, 2018]MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma melitis Kontadakis & Mbazios, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288827 on 2019-12-18

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Aegean Sea

References

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  • Kontadakis C., Mbazios G., Polyzoulis G. & Manousis T. (2019). Two new species of Raphitoma (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the Greek Seas. Xenophora Taxonomy. 25: 26-36.