Raphitoma bicolor

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

Raphitoma bicolor
Shell of Raphitoma bicolor (lectotype 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. bicolor
Binomial name
Raphitoma bicolor (Risso, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella bicolor Dautzenberg, 1883 Philbertia bicolor Monterosato, 1884 Pleurotoma bicolor Risso, 1826(original combination) Pleurotoma cornea Blainville, 1829 Raphitoma (Cyrtoides) bicolor Nordsieck, 1968

Description

The length varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

The entire Mediterranean Sea; NE Atlantic, from Wales to Canary Islands.