Raphitoma atropurpurea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Shell of Raphitoma atropurpurea | |
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. atropurpurea
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 6 mm (0.24 in) and 15 mm (0.59 in).
The monochrome dark brown shell has a somewhat elongated, fusiform shape. The spire is long but not very acuminate. The shell contains 10 convex whorls, separated by a rather impressed suture. The body whorl is rounded and is attenuated progressively downwards. The whorls show narrow, close, prominent ribs intersected by decurrent, narrow, prominent, regular and continual striae, forming a regular reticulation.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Southern France and Corsica.
References
edit- ^ Raphitoma atropurpurea (Locard & Caziot, 1900). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Locard A. & Caziot E. (1900-1901). Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, 46: 193-274 [1900; 47: 1-80, 159-291]
- Pusateri F., Giannuzzi Savelli R., Bartolini S. & Oliverio M. (2017). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Neogastropoda, Conoidea) 4: The species of the group of Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803) with the description of a new species. Bollettino Malacologico. 53(2): 161-183.
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Raphitoma (Raphitoma) atropurpurea
- Biolib.cz: Raphitoma atropurpurea