{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Raphitoma arnoldi |image = |image_caption = |authority = [[Paul Maurice Pallary|Pallary]], 1904 |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * ''Clathurella papillosa var. arnoldi'' <small>(Pallary, 1906)</small> * ''Philbertia papillosa var. arnoldi'' <small>Pallary, 1906</small> * ''Raphitoma (Philbertia) arnoldi'' <small>Nordsieck, 1977</small> |display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Raphitoma arnoldi''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[Mollusc|mollusk]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|139356|''Raphitoma arnoldi'' Pallary, 1904||5 April 2010}}</ref>
==Description== The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.
The shell differs from ''[[Raphitoma papillosa]]'' <small>(Pallary, 1904)</small> by its taller shape, narrower [[Whorl (mollusc)|whorl]]s and by its more compact and regular reticulation.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16298438#page/100/mode/1up Pallary, ''Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès.'' Journal de Conchyliologie; Journal de conchyliologie t. 54 s. 4]</ref>
==Distribution== This species occurs in the Western and Central [[Mediterranean Sea]].
==References== {{Reflist}} * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
==External links== * {{cite journal|last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K.|year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)|url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf|journal = Zootaxa|volume = 682|pages = 1–1295| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1}} * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16290430 Pallary P. (1904–1906). ''Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès.'' Journal de Conchyliologie. 52: 212-248, pl. 7 [1904]; 54: 77–124, pl. 4] * [http://www.naturamediterraneo.it/public/doram/NCIM_0.1.9.1.pdf naturamediterraneo vers. 0.1.9 15.11.2006] * [http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_41368.shtml Gastropods.com: ''Raphitoma arnoldi'']
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphitoma Arnoldi}} [[Category:Raphitoma|arnoldi]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1904]] [[Category:Taxa named by Paul Maurice Pallary]]
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