Raphitoma purpurea
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Raphitoma purpurea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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Raphitoma purpurea | |
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Shell of Raphitoma purpurea (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Raphitoma |
Species: | R. purpurea |
Binomial name | |
Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803) | |
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This species forms a complex with Raphitoma bourguignati (Locard, 1891), Raphitoma atropurpurea (Locard & Caziot, 1899), and Raphitoma digiulioi Pusateri & Giannuzzi Savelli, 2017.