Raphitoma corbis
Original image of a shell of Raphitoma corbis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	R. corbis
Binomial name
Raphitoma corbis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella corbiformis Locard, 1886 (unjustified emendation) Clathurella corbis Locard, 1886 Defrancia corbis Paetel, 1888 Philbertia corbiformis Nordsieck, 1968 Philbertia corbis Sabelli et al., 1990 Pleurotoma corbis Potiez, 1838 Raphitoma corbiformis Locard & Caziot, 1900 Raphitoma (Philbertia) corbis Nordsieck, 1977

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm, its diameter between 3.4 mm and 4.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

• Riccardo Giannuzzi Savelli Francesco Pusateri, Stefano Bartolini: A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda Conoidea), 6: on the Raphitoma corbis (Potiez et Michaud, 1838); Biodiversity Journal, 2018, 9 (3): 217–225

External links

• Potiez V. L. V. & Michaud A. L. G. (1838-1844). Galerie des Mollusques ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des Mollusques et Coquilles du Muséum de Douai. Paris, Baillière. Vol. 1: pp. 560 + XXXV
• 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)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• Gastropods.com: Raphitoma corbis