Raphitoma bourguignati

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

Raphitoma bourguignati
Shell of Raphitoma bourguignati (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	R. bourguignati
Binomial name
Raphitoma bourguignati (Locard, 1891)
Synonyms
Clathurella bourguignati Locard, 1891 (original combination) Raphitoma (Philbertia) bourguignati (Locard, 1891)

Description

The length of the shell reaches a length of 22 mm and a diameter of 8 mm.

This species was previously included in the speciescomplex Raphitoma purpurea. Compared with R. purpurea, the shell is narrower and the spire is more slender. The whorls are less convex. The axial ribs are very close, larger and more regular. They form with the spiral threads a regular reticulation with nodules. The ground color of the shell is a bright pale yellow. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off France