Raphitoma alleryana

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

Raphitoma alleryana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. alleryana
Binomial name
Raphitoma alleryana
(Sulliotti, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella bofilliana (Sulliotti, 1889)
  • Philbertia alleryana Sulliotti, 1889
  • Philbertia bofilliana Sulliotti, 1889 (original combination)
  • Raphitoma bofilliana (Sulliotti, 1889)
  • Raphitoma (Philbertia) bofilliana (Sulliotti, 1889)

Description

The length of the shell reaches a length of 10 mm.

A shell with an minute, elegant fusiform shape, very distinct from its congeners through its sleek appearance produced by the rapidly growing in volume of its 6½ slightly convex whorls, for the subtle reticulation and the low elevation of the ribs which gives it a pearly appearance, and finally for the softness of the shell and its golden-yellow to horny color.. The suture is impressed. The aperture is subovate with a simple outer lip with inconspicuous denticles. The short siphonal canal is slightly inflected. The body whorl shows a conspicuous white submedian band. The smooth apex has a bright, horny color. The columella is almost straight.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and off Italy and Portugal.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma alleryana (Sulliotti, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1301489 on 2019-12-04
  2. Sulliotti G. R. (1889). Comunicazioni malacologiche I. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana 14: 25-44
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Biolib.cz: Raphitoma alleryana
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