{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Raphitoma densa |image = |image_caption = |authority = ([[Tommaso Di Maria Allery Monterosato|Monterosato]], 1884) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Clathurella decorata'' <small>Locard, 1891</small> * ''Philbertia densa'' <small>Monterosato, 1884</small> * ''Philbertia densa fusca'' (var.) <small>Locard, E.A.A. & E. Caziot, 1900</small> * ''Philbertia densa minor'' (var.) <small>Locard, E.A.A. & E. Caziot, 1900</small> * ''Philbertia densa rufa'' (var.) <small>Locard, E.A.A. & E. Caziot, 1900</small> * ''Raphitoma (Philbertia) bourguignati tarentina'' <small>F. Nordsieck, 1977</small> * ''Raphitoma (Philbertia) flavida'' <small>F. Nordsieck, 1977</small> * ''Raphitoma flavida'' <small>F. Nordsieck, 1977</small> |display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Raphitoma densa''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|139364|''Raphitoma densa'' (Monterosato, 1884)||5 April 2010}}</ref>
==Description== The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 12 mm. {{Expand section|date=December 2019}}
==Distribution== This species occurs in the Western and Central [[Mediterranean Sea]].
==References== {{Reflist}} * Nordsieck F. (1977). ''The Turridae of the European seas.'' Roma: La Conchiglia. 131 pp.
==External links== * [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711 Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). ''Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee''. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547 Locard A. (1891). ''Les coquilles marines des côtes de France''. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385] * [http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_41827.shtml Gastropods.com: ''Raphitoma densa''] * {{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://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2018.9.4.429.440 Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F. & Bartolini S. (2018). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea), 7: on the sibling species Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884) and R. griseomaculata n. sp. Biodiversity Journal. 9(4): 429-440]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphitoma Densa}} [[Category:Raphitoma|densa]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1884]] [[Category:Taxa named by Tommaso Di Maria Allery Monterosato]]
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