{{short description|Species of mollusc}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Raphitoma nivea |image = Raphitoma nivea 001.jpg |image_caption = Original image of a shell of ''Raphitoma nivea'' |authority = (J. T. Marshall in Sykes, 1906) |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * ''Clathurella nivea'' <small>Monterosato, 1875</small> (original combination) * ''Defrancia reticulata, var. nivea'' <small>Monterosato, 1875</small> * ''Pleurotoma {Homotoma) nivea'' <small>Monterosato, 1878</small> |display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Raphitoma nivea''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|139373|''Raphitoma nivea'' (Monterosato, 1875)||5 April 2010}}</ref>
==Description== This species has a broad twisted [[Apex (mollusc)|apex]] of two [[Whorl (mollusc)|whorl]]s. It resembles ''Raphitoma echinata'' <small>(Brocchi, 1814)</small> (synonym of ''Raphitoma reticulata'' <small>Renier, 1804</small>) in size, sculpture, and outlines, but ''R. echinata'' has a slender and acute apex of four whorls. {{Expand section|date=December 2019}}
==Distribution== This marine species occurs off [[Algeria]].
==References== {{Reflist}} * 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== * [http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797635 Sykes E. R. 1906. ''On the Mollusca procured during the "Porcupine" Expeditions 1869-1870. Supplemental notes, part III.'' Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 173-190, pl. 16] * {{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}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphitoma Nivea}} [[Category:Raphitoma|nivea]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1875]]