Raphitoma radula

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Cordieria radula Monterosato, 1884 (original combination)
Clathurella radula de Monterosato, Locard, 1886
Raphitoma reticulata radula Nordsieck, 1968
Raphitoma echinata cordieri form d (radula) Monterosato, Nordsieck, 1977

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Raphitoma radula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma radula (Monterosato, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881516 on 2019-12-09

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 19 mm, its diameter between 4 mm and 8 mm.

The shell of Raphitoma radula is typically small to medium-sized, with a slender and elongated shape. It has a pointed apex and a sculptured surface with distinctive spiral grooves or ridges. The coloration and pattern on the shell can vary, often featuring a combination of different shades or markings.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Central Mediterranean Sea off Palermo, Sicily; off France, Croatia and Algeria.

References

External links

[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711 Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp]
[http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_41717.shtml Gastropods.com: Raphitoma (pupoides]
{{cite journal|last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K.|year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)|url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf|format = PDF|journal = Zootaxa|volume = 682|pages = 1–1295}}
[https://www.biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/7(1)_103-115.pdf 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]

radula

Category:Gastropods described in 1884