Raphitoma nivea

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

Raphitoma nivea
Original image of a shell of Raphitoma nivea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	R. nivea
Binomial name
Raphitoma nivea (J. T. Marshall in Sykes, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella nivea Monterosato, 1875 (original combination) Defrancia reticulata, var. nivea Monterosato, 1875 Pleurotoma {Homotoma) nivea Monterosato, 1878

Description

This species has a broad twisted apex of two whorls. It resembles Raphitoma echinata (Brocchi, 1814) (synonym of Raphitoma reticulata Renier, 1804) in size, sculpture, and outlines, but R. echinata has a slender and acute apex of four whorls.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Algeria.