Raphitoma pupoides
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| Raphitoma pupoides | |
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| Shell of Raphitoma pupoides (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Raphitoma |
| Species: | R. pupoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Raphitoma pupoides (Monterosato, 1884) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Raphitoma pupoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 17 mm.
(Original description) It stands out at a glance for its pupoid shape and for its very short siphonal canal, a strongly denticled aperture, oblique and obsolete cross-linking, rapid subtraction, tumid evolutions. The conical apex is composed of many rounded corners, the last of which at angled periphery.[2]
