{{short description|Species of mollusc}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Raphitoma mirabilis |image = Raphitoma mirabilis 001.jpg |image_caption = Original image of a shell of ''Raphitoma mirabilis'' |authority = ([[Paul Maurice Pallary|Pallary]], 1904) |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = * ''Homotoma mirabilis'' <small>Pallary, 1904</small> (original combination) * ''Philbertia mirabilis'' <small>(Pallary, 1904)</small> * ''Raphitoma (Raphitoma) mirabilis'' <small>(Pallary, 1904)</small> * ''Raphitoma pallaryi'' <small>F. Nordsieck, 1977</small> |display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Raphitoma mirabilis''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[Mollusc|mollusk]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|139372|''Raphitoma mirabilis'' (Pallary, 1904)||5 April 2010}}</ref>
==Description== The length of the shell reaches 9 mm.
The very slender, fusiform, turriculate shell has a high spire and a pointed apex. It contains 7 convex [[Whorl (mollusc)|whorl]]s, of which two in the [[protoconch]]. They show longitudinal ribs, lamellar, spaced, narrow, elevated, and smaller decurrent threads forming a reticulation with nodules. The [[Aperture (mollusc)|aperture]] is ovate and measures a little less than half the length of the shell. The [[siphonal canal]] is rather long. The [[Columella (gastropod)|columella]] is straight and slightly twisted at the base. The rounded outer [[Lip (gastropod)|lip]] is thin, not wrinkled and notched at the edge of the suture. The ground color of the shell is reddish brown on which the reticulation comes off in white.<ref> [http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16290430 Pallary P. (1904-1906). Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. Journal de Conchyliologie. 52: 212-248, pl. 7 [1904]; 54: 77-124, pl. 4] </ref>
==Distribution== This marine species occurs off [[Tunisia]].
==References== {{Reflist}} * Nordsieck F. (1977). ''The Turridae of the European seas''. Roma: La Conchiglia. 131 pp. * 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== * {{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|format = PDF|journal = Zootaxa|volume = 682|pages = 1–1295}} * [http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_43304.shtml Gastropods.com: ''Raphitoma (Raphitoma) mirabilis''] * [http://www.nmr-pics.nl/Raphitomidae_new/album/slides/Raphitoma%20mirabilis.html Natural History Museum, Rotterdam: ''Raphitoma mirabilis'']
{{Taxonbar|from=Q3714886}} {{Commons category}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphitoma Mirabilis}} [[Category:Raphitoma|mirabilis]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1904]] [[Category:Taxa named by Paul Maurice Pallary]]