Raphitoma contigua

Raphitoma contigua
Shell of Raphitoma contigua (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	R. contigua
Binomial name
Raphitoma contigua (Monterosato, 1884)
Synonyms
Clathurella contigua Locard, 1886 Defrancia contigua Paetel, 1888 Philbertia contigua Monterosato, 1884 (original combination) Philbertia cordieri (Payraudeau, 1826) Pleurotomoides (Pleurotomoides) contigua Stolfa Zucchi, 1971 Raphitoma purpurea philberti Bucquoy, EJ, Ph. Dautzenberg & GF Dollfus, 1882

Raphitoma contigua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 12 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.

• Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
• Gastropods.com: Raphitoma contigua
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• ÖZTÜRK, BİLAL, et al. "Marine molluscs of the Turkish coasts: an updated checklist." Turkish Journal of Zoology 38.6 (2014): 832-879

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