Raphitoma nivea

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Raphitoma nivea
Original image of a shell of Raphitoma nivea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. nivea
Binomial name
Raphitoma nivea
(J. T. Marshall in Sykes, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella nivea Monterosato, 1875 (original combination)
  • Defrancia reticulata, var. nivea Monterosato, 1875
  • Pleurotoma {Homotoma) nivea Monterosato, 1878

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

This species has a broad twisted apex of two whorls. It resembles Raphitoma echinata (Brocchi, 1814) (synonym of Raphitoma reticulata Renier, 1804) in size, sculpture, and outlines, but R. echinata has a slender and acute apex of four whorls.

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