Raphitoma purpurea

Raphitoma purpurea

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Raphitomidae

Raphitoma purpurea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. This species forms a complex with Raphitoma bourguignati (Locard, 1891), Raphitoma atropurpurea (Locard & Caziot, 1899), and Raphitoma digiulioi Pusateri & Giannuzzi Savelli, 2017. Description The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 24 mm, its diameter between 4.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Raphitoma purpurea

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