''Raphitoma contigua'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

in the family

Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...

.{MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma contigua (Monterosato, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596315 on 2019-12-08

Description

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

External links

Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). ''Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee''. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp

Gastropods.com: ''Raphitoma contigua''
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ÖZTÜRK, BİLAL, et al. "Marine molluscs of the Turkish coasts: an updated checklist." Turkish Journal of Zoology 38.6 (2014): 832-879
contigua Gastropods described in 1884 {{Raphitomidae-stub