{{short description|Species of mollusc}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Raphitoma echinata |image = Raphitoma echinata 001.jpg |image_caption = Shells of ''Raphitoma echinata'' |authority = ([[Giovanni Battista Brocchi|Brocchi]], 1814) |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * ''Clathurella septentrionalis'' <small>Locard, 1891</small> (dubious synonym) * ''Defrancia reticulata'' <small>(Renier, 1804)</small> (unavailable name (published in a work rejected by ICZN)) * ''Homotoma reticulata'' <small>Renier, 1804</small> * ''Murex echinatus'' <small>Brocchi, 1814</small> * ''Murex reticulatus'' <small>Brocchi, 1814</small> * ''Murex reticulatus'' <small>Renier, 1804</small> (unavailable name under ICZN Opinion 316) * ''Philbertia asperimma'' <small>Brown, C.T., 1827</small> * ''Philbertia echinata'' <small>(Brocchi, 1814)</small> * ''Philbertia reticulata'' <small>(Renieri, 1804)</small> (published in a paper rejected by ICZN opinion 316) * ''Pleurotoma reticulata'' <small>(Brocchi, 1814)</small> * ''Raphitoma reticulata'' <small>Renier, 1804</small> * ''Raphitoma reticulata'' <small>Brocchi, 1814</small> * ''Raphitoma septentrionalis'' <small>Locard, 1892</small> |display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Raphitoma echinata''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|139366|''Raphitoma echinata'' (Brocchi, 1814)||16 January 2011}}</ref>

;Subspecies: * ''Raphitoma echinata pumila'' <small>Monterosato, 1890</small>

==Description== The shell length varies between 12&nbsp;mm and 20&nbsp;mm. {{Expand section|date=December 2019}}

==Distribution== This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea along [[Apulia]], [[Greece]], and the [[Balearic Islands]]. They are also found north of the [[Hebrides]] and in the North Sea.<ref name="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">{{cite web |title=Raphitoma echinata (Brocchi, 1814) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2305485 |website=Global Biodiversity Information Facility |access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref> As they occupy the coasts and the former [[Doggerland]], it can be ascertained that Raphitoma echinata enjoy shallow waters.

==References== {{Reflist}} * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp.&nbsp;180–213 * Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark

==External links== * {{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=6100|title=''Raphitoma echinata''|access-date=16 January 2011}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12001697 Brocchi G.B. (1814). ''Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente.'' Milano. Vol. 1: i-lxxx, 1-56, 1-240; vol. 2: 241-712, 16 pls] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45375#page/282/mode/1up Bellardi L. (1877), I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria /] * [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.nmr-pics.nl/Raphitomidae_new/album/slides/Raphitoma%20echinata.html Natural History Museum, Rotterdam: ''Raphitoma echinata'']

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphitoma Echinata}} [[Category:Raphitoma|echinata]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1814]] [[Category:Taxa named by Giovanni Battista Brocchi]]

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