# Raphitoma bicolor

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Species of mollusc

Raphitoma bicolor Shell of Raphitoma bicolor (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Raphitoma Species: R. bicolor Binomial name Raphitoma bicolor (Risso, 1826) Synonyms[1] Clathurella bicolor Dautzenberg, 1883 Philbertia bicolor Monterosato, 1884 Pleurotoma bicolor Risso, 1826(original combination) Pleurotoma cornea Blainville, 1829 Raphitoma (Cyrtoides) bicolor Nordsieck, 1968

***Raphitoma bicolor*** is a [species](/source/Species) of [sea snail](/source/Sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusc](/source/Mollusc) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Raphitomidae](/source/Raphitomidae).[1]

## Description

The length varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.

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## Distribution

The entire Mediterranean Sea; NE Atlantic, from Wales to Canary Islands.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-1) [*Raphitoma bicolor* (Risso, 1826)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248257). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 5 April 2010.

- Arnaud, P. M., 1978 *Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso* Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice, "1977" 5 101-150

- Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F. & Bartolini S., 2018. A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) 5: loss of planktotrophy and pairs of species, with the description of four new species. Bollettino Malacologico 54, Suppl. 11: 1-77

## External links

- [Risso, A., 1826 - Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes. Mollusques, vol. 4, p. 1-439, 12 pls](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984)

- [Lectotype at MNHN, Paris](https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2000-2820?listIndex=8&listCount=1096)

- Tucker, J.K. (2004). ["Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)"](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf) (PDF). *Zootaxa*. **682**: 1–1295.

Taxon identifiers Raphitoma bicolor Wikidata: Q3721631 BOLD: 988368 CoL: 4RKRP GBIF: 4369293 IRMNG: 11890197 NCBI: 2570996 OBIS: 248257 SeaLifeBase: 99196 WoRMS: 248257

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