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Raphitoma pupoides (Monterosato 1884)

Raphitoma pupoides

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 17 mm.

(Original description) It stands out at a glance for its pupoid shape and for its very short siphonal canal, a strongly denticled aperture, oblique and obsolete cross-linking, rapid subtraction, tumid evolutions. The conical apex is composed of many rounded corners, the last of which at angled periphery. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Central Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands.

References

  • 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

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Raphitoma pupoides: Brief Summary

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Raphitoma pupoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

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