# Raphitoma laviae

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Species of mollusc

Raphitoma laviae Shell of Raphitoma laviae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Raphitoma Species: R. laviae Binomial name Raphitoma laviae (Philippi, 1844) Synonyms[1] 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 laviae Philippi, 1844 Philbertia laviae (Philippi, 1844) (superseded generic combination) Pleurotoma corbis Michaud, 1829 Pleurotoma laviae Philippi, 1844 Raphitoma intermedia F. Nordsieck, 1968 Raphitoma (Cyrtoides) rudis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)

***Raphitoma laviae*** 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 of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm. The [protoconch](/source/Protoconch) is multispiral.

(Original description) The reddish-brown shell has an oblong-fusiform shape. The six [whorls](/source/Whorl_(mollusc)) show about 20 pronounced axial ribs, crossed by transverse riblets (about 5 in the upper whorls) forming a latticed structure. The [aperture](/source/Aperture_(mollusc)) is oblong and is somewhat smaller than half the length of the shell. The outer [lip](/source/Lip_(gastropod)) is incrassate and notched within.[2]

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Western and Central [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-1) [*Raphitoma laviae* (Philippi, 1844)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195913). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 5 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Philippi R.A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle \[Halis Saxorum](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062): Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28]

- 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

- [Philippi R.A. (1844) - Bemerkungen über die Molluskenfauna Unter-Italiens; Archiv für Naturgeschichte. vol. 10 (1)](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704251#page/365/mode/1up)

- 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.

- [Gastropods.com: *Raphitoma laviae*](http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_42592.shtml)

- [Biolib.cz: *Raphitoma laviae*](https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id367935/)

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

- [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](https://doi.org/10.1071/is19039)

Taxon identifiers Raphitoma laviae Wikidata: Q3723647 BOLD: 988364 CoL: 4RKSZ GBIF: 4369290 IRMNG: 10827638 NCBI: 2570991 OBIS: 195913 Open Tree of Life: 2902629 SeaLifeBase: 98934 WoRMS: 195913

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