# Raphitoma cordieri

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Species of gastropod

Raphitoma cordieri Shell of Raphitoma cordieri (specimen at MNHN, Paris) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Raphitoma Species: R. cordieri Binomial name Raphitoma cordieri (Payraudeau, 1826) Synonyms[1] Clathurella cordieri (Payraudeau, 1826) Clathurella dollfusi Locard, 1886 Cordieria cordieri Monterosato, 1884 Defrancia cordieri Paetel, 1888 Homotoma cordieri Brugnone, 1880 Pleurotoma cordieri Payraudeau, 1826 (original combination) Pleurotoma elegans Blainville, 1829 (dubious synonym) Pleurotoma (Defrancia) cordieri Monterosato, 1875 Raphitoma decorata Locard, 1892 Raphitoma dollfusi Locard, 1886 Raphitoma lineare Réquien, 1848 Raphitoma radula Monterosato, 1884 Raphitoma syracusanum Blainville, 1829

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

**Subspecies**

- *Raphitoma cordieri hirta* Monterosato

- *Raphitoma cordieri hispida* Monterosato

## Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 20 mm.

The turreted shell is easily recognized by its ribs which, like the transverse striations, are elevated and somewhat lamellous. The color is either black or brown, mixed with white or entirely pink. The seven [whorls](/source/Whorl_(mollusc)) are convex. The outer [lip](/source/Lip_(gastropod)) is wrinkled. The transverse striations extend as far as the [columella](/source/Columella_(gastropod)). The [siphonal canal](/source/Siphonal_canal) is short and straight.[2]

## Distribution

This species occurs in the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) and off [Senegal](/source/Senegal)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-1) [*Raphitoma cordieri* (Payraudeau, 1826)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139362). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 5 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Payraudeau B. C. (1826). *Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des Annelides et des Mollusques de l'île de Corse*. Paris, 218 pp. + 8 p](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12944)

- 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Raphitoma cordieri](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Raphitoma_cordieri).

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

- [Locard A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusque marins. Lyon, H. Georg & Paris, Baillière : pp. X + 778](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012)

- [Blainville H. M. (D. de) (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. \[in](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78700) Faune Française. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl. [livr. 18 (1828), p. 1-80; livr. 2 (1829), p. 81-176; livr. 23 (1829), p. 177-240; livr. 28 (1830), p. 241-320]

- [Natural History Museum, Rotterdam: *Raphitoma cordieri*](http://www.nmr-pics.nl/Raphitomidae_new/album/slides/Raphitoma%20cordieri.html)

Taxon identifiers Raphitoma cordieri Wikidata: Q3723663 BOLD: 988366 CoL: 4RKS5 EUNIS: 59362 GBIF: 4369307 iNaturalist: 1081044 IRMNG: 11118631 NCBI: 2570989 OBIS: 139362 Open Tree of Life: 2902616 SeaLifeBase: 98891 WoRMS: 139362

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