# Raphitoma mirabilis

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Species of mollusc

Raphitoma mirabilis Original image of a shell of Raphitoma mirabilis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Raphitoma Species: R. mirabilis Binomial name Raphitoma mirabilis (Pallary, 1904) Synonyms Homotoma mirabilis Pallary, 1904 (original combination) Philbertia mirabilis (Pallary, 1904) Raphitoma (Raphitoma) mirabilis (Pallary, 1904) Raphitoma pallaryi F. Nordsieck, 1977

***Raphitoma mirabilis*** is a [species](/source/Species) of [sea snail](/source/Sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusk](/source/Mollusc) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Raphitomidae](/source/Raphitomidae).[1]

## 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 [whorls](/source/Whorl_(mollusc)), of which two in the [protoconch](/source/Protoconch). They show longitudinal ribs, lamellar, spaced, narrow, elevated, and smaller decurrent threads forming a reticulation with nodules. The [aperture](/source/Aperture_(mollusc)) is ovate and measures a little less than half the length of the shell. The [siphonal canal](/source/Siphonal_canal) is rather long. The [columella](/source/Columella_(gastropod)) is straight and slightly twisted at the base. The rounded outer [lip](/source/Lip_(gastropod)) 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.[2]

## Distribution

This marine species occurs off [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0)** [*Raphitoma mirabilis* (Pallary, 1904)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139372). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 5 April 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Pallary P. (1904-1906). Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. Journal de Conchyliologie. 52: 212-248, pl. 7 \[1904](http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16290430); 54: 77-124, pl. 4]

- 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

- Tucker, J.K. (2004). ["Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)"](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf) (PDF). *Zootaxa*. **682**: 1–1295.

- [Gastropods.com: *Raphitoma (Raphitoma) mirabilis*](http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_43304.shtml)

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

Taxon identifiers Raphitoma mirabilis Wikidata: Q3714886 CoL: 4RKT9 EUNIS: 59372 GBIF: 4369299 IRMNG: 10902862 OBIS: 139372 Open Tree of Life: 2902638 SeaLifeBase: 98888 WoRMS: 139372

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