Raphitoma arnoldi

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

Raphitoma arnoldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	R. arnoldi
Binomial name
Raphitoma arnoldi Pallary, 1904
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella papillosa var. arnoldi (Pallary, 1906) Philbertia papillosa var. arnoldi Pallary, 1906 Raphitoma (Philbertia) arnoldi Nordsieck, 1977

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.

The shell differs from Raphitoma papillosa (Pallary, 1904) by its taller shape, narrower whorls and by its more compact and regular reticulation.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western and Central Mediterranean Sea.