Raphitoma oblonga explained

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

Description

The length varies between 12 mm and 14 mm, and its diameter is between 5 mm and 5.5 mm.

The shell has a fusiform shape and a rather high acuminate spire. The body whorl is bulbous. The whorls are covered with regular longitudinal ribs forming small reticulations when crossed by the spiral riblets. The aperture is oblong. The short siphonal canal is slightly bent. The ground color of the shell is dark brown, sometimes with white spots.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the English Channel.

References

• Dautzenberg, P. & Durouchoux, P. (1913) Les mollusques de la Baie de Saint-Malo (suite). La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, 43(515), 9–16
• Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F. & Bartolini S. (2018). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) 5: loss of planktotrophy and pairs of species, with the description of four new species. Bollettino Malacologico. 54, supplement 11: 1-77

External links

• Jeffreys J.G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259
• Locard A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385
• Locard A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusque marins. Lyon, H. Georg & Paris, Baillière : pp. X + 778
• Tucker . J.K.. 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa. 682. 1–1295. 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Biolib.cz: Raphitoma oblonga

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma oblonga (Jeffreys, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1301155 on 2019-11-28
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547 Locard A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385