''Raphitoma densa'' 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 ...

mollusk 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 ...

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western and Central Mediterranean Sea.

References

* Nordsieck F. (1977). ''The Turridae of the European seas.'' Roma: La Conchiglia. 131 pp.

External links

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

Locard A. (1891). ''Les coquilles marines des côtes de France''. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385

Gastropods.com: ''Raphitoma densa''
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Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F. & Bartolini S. (2018). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea), 7: on the sibling species Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884) and R. griseomaculata n. sp. Biodiversity Journal. 9(4): 429-440
densa Gastropods described in 1884 {{Raphitomidae-stub