# Raphitoma radula

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Species of gastropod

Raphitoma radula Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Raphitoma Species: R. radula Binomial name Raphitoma radula (Monterosato, 1884) Synonyms[1] Cordieria radula Monterosato, 1884 (original combination) Clathurella radula de Monterosato, Locard, 1886 Raphitoma reticulata radula Nordsieck, 1968 Raphitoma echinata cordieri form d (radula) Monterosato, Nordsieck, 1977

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

## Description

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The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 19 mm, its diameter between 4 mm and 8 mm.

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Central [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) off [Palermo](/source/Palermo), Sicily; off [France](/source/France), [Croatia](/source/Croatia) and [Algeria](/source/Algeria).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-1) MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma radula (Monterosato, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881516](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881516) on 2019-12-09

## External links

- [Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). *Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee*. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp](http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711)

- [Gastropods.com: *Raphitoma (pupoides*](http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_41717.shtml)

- 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.

- [Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli, Francesco Pusateri, Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli, Riccardo Giannuzzi: *A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae, 3: on the Raphitoma pupoides (Monterosato, 1884) complex, with the description of a new species (Mollusca Gastropoda)*; Biodiversity Journal, 2016, 7 (1): 103–115](https://www.biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/7(1)_103-115.pdf)

- [Mollusca types in Britain & Ireland: images](https://gbmolluscatypes.ac.uk/specimens/8462)

Taxon identifiers Raphitoma radula Wikidata: Q61698802 CoL: 4RKTZ GBIF: 9135348 Open Tree of Life: 7496425 WoRMS: 881516

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