Raphitoma laviae

{{short description|Species of mollusc}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Raphitoma laviae |image = Raphitoma laviae 001.jpg |image_caption = Shell of ''Raphitoma laviae'' |authority = ([[Rodolfo Amando Philippi|Philippi]], 1844) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Clathurella purpurea var. laviae'' Philippi, 1844 * ''Philbertia laviae'' (Philippi, 1844) (superseded generic combination) * ''Pleurotoma corbis'' Michaud, 1829 * ''Pleurotoma laviae'' Philippi, 1844 * ''Raphitoma intermedia'' F. Nordsieck, 1968 * ''Raphitoma (Cyrtoides) rudis intermedia'' F. Nordsieck, 1968 * ''Raphitoma purpurea laviae'' (Philippi, 1844) |display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Raphitoma laviae''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|195913|''Raphitoma laviae'' (Philippi, 1844)||5 April 2010}}</ref>

==Description== The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm. The [[protoconch]] is multispiral.

(Original description) The reddish-brown shell has an oblong-fusiform shape. The six [[Whorl (mollusc)|whorl]]s show about 20 pronounced axial ribs, crossed by transverse riblets (about 5 in the upper whorls) forming a latticed structure. The [[Aperture (mollusc)|aperture]] is oblong and is somewhat smaller than half the length of the shell. The outer [[Lip (gastropod)|lip]] is incrassate and notched within.<ref> [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 Philippi R.A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28] </ref>

==Distribution== This species occurs in the Western and Central [[Mediterranean Sea]].

==References== {{Reflist}} * 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, supplement 11: 1-77 * Hoarau A. & Horst D. (2020). Les genres Cyrillia, Leufroyia & Raphitoma vivants de Méditerranée française. AFC, Paris, and ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 98 pp.

==External links== * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704251#page/365/mode/1up Philippi R.A. (1844) - Bemerkungen über die Molluskenfauna Unter-Italiens; Archiv für Naturgeschichte. vol. 10 (1)] * {{cite journal|last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K.|year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)|url = https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf|format = PDF|journal = Zootaxa|volume = 682|pages = 1–1295}} * [http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_42592.shtml Gastropods.com: ''Raphitoma laviae''] * [https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id367935/ Biolib.cz: ''Raphitoma laviae''] * [http://www.nmr-pics.nl/Raphitomidae_new/album/slides/Raphitoma%20laviae.html Natural History Museum, Rotterdam: ''Raphitoma laviae''] * [https://doi.org/10.1071/is19039 Russini, V.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Prkic, J.; Fassio, G.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2020). Candidate cases of poecilogony in Neogastropoda: implications for the systematics of the genus Raphitoma Bellardi, 1847. Invertebrate Systematics. 34: 293–318]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphitoma Laviae}} [[Category:Raphitoma|laviae]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1844]] [[Category:Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi]]