Raphitoma pseudohystrix

Raphitoma pseudohystrix is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[2]

Raphitoma pseudohystrix
Shell of Raphitoma pseudohystrix (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. pseudohystrix
Binomial name
Raphitoma pseudohystrix (Sykes, 1906)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Defrancia hystrix Jeffreys, 1867 Clathurella pseudohystrix Sykes, 1906 Raphitoma divae Carrozza, 1984

Description

Distribution

• European waters^[2]
• Grecian Exclusive Economic Zone^[2]
• Western, Central Mediterranean and Adriatic. The records from Greece seem due to a misidentification.