Raphitoma bourguignati

Species of gastropod

Raphitoma bourguignati

Shell of Raphitoma bourguignati (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Raphitomidae
Genus:  | Raphitoma
Species:  |

R. bourguignati

Binomial name
Raphitoma bourguignati

(Locard, 1891)

Synonyms

* Clathurella bourguignati Locard, 1891 (original combination)
* Raphitoma (Philbertia) bourguignati (Locard, 1891)

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

## Description[edit]

The length of the shell reaches a length of 22 mm and a diameter of 8 mm.

This species was previously included in the speciescomplex Raphitoma purpurea. Compared with R. purpurea, the shell is narrower and the spire is more slender. The whorls are less convex. The axial ribs are very close, larger and more regular. They form with the spiral threads a regular reticulation with nodules. The ground color of the shell is a bright pale yellow. [2]

## Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off France

## References[edit]

1. ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma bourguignati (Locard, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1046171 on 2019-12-09
2. ^ Locard A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385

* 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.

Taxon identifiers

Raphitoma bourguignati|

* Wikidata: Q61701225
* CoL: 4RKRR
* WoRMS: 1046171

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