Raphitoma corbis


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

Raphitoma corbis
Original image of a shell of Raphitoma corbis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. corbis
Binomial name
Raphitoma corbis
(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella corbiformis Locard, 1886 (unjustified emendation)
  • Clathurella corbis Locard, 1886
  • Defrancia corbis Paetel, 1888
  • Philbertia corbiformis Nordsieck, 1968
  • Philbertia corbis Sabelli et al., 1990
  • Pleurotoma corbis Potiez, 1838
  • Raphitoma corbiformis Locard & Caziot, 1900
  • Raphitoma (Philbertia) corbis Nordsieck, 1977

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm, its diameter between 3.4 mm and 4.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.

References
  1. Raphitoma corbis (Potiez, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Riccardo Giannuzzi Savelli Francesco Pusateri, Stefano Bartolini: A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda Conoidea), 6: on the Raphitoma corbis (Potiez et Michaud, 1838); Biodiversity Journal , 2018, 9 (3): 217–225
  • Potiez V. L. V. & Michaud A. L. G. (1838-1844). Galerie des Mollusques ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des Mollusques et Coquilles du Muséum de Douai. Paris, Baillière. Vol. 1: pp. 560 + XXXV
  • Locard A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusque marins. Lyon, H. Georg & Paris, Baillière : pp. X + 778
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Raphitoma corbis


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