Raphitoma syrtensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Raphitoma syrtensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. syrtensis
Binomial name
Raphitoma syrtensis
F. Nordsieck, 1977
Synonyms

Raphitoma linearis syrtensae (F. Nordsieck, 1977)

Description edit

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma syrtensis F. Nordsieck, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1305563 on 2019-12-18
  • Nordsieck F. (1977). The Turridae of the European seas. Roma: La Conchiglia. 131 pp.
  • 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.

External links edit

  • Biolib.cz: Raphitoma syrtensis
  • Gastropods.com: Raphitoma linearis syrtensae
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Natural History Museum, Rotterdam: Raphitoma syrtensis