Raphitoma contigua

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Raphitoma contigua
Shell of Raphitoma contigua (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. contigua
Binomial name
Raphitoma contigua
(Monterosato, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella contigua Locard, 1886
  • Defrancia contigua Paetel, 1888
  • Philbertia contigua Monterosato, 1884 (original combination)
  • Philbertia cordieri (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Pleurotomoides (Pleurotomoides) contigua Stolfa Zucchi, 1971
  • Raphitoma purpurea philberti Bucquoy, EJ, Ph. Dautzenberg & GF Dollfus, 1882

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

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

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