Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Raphitomidae > Genus Raphitoma

Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Philbertia Monterosato, 1884

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Raphitoma*	Bellardi, 1847	accepted genus name
*Cordieria*	Monterosato, 1884	junior homonym
*Homotoma*	Bellardi, 1875	junior homonym
*Cyrtoides*	F. Nordsieck, 1968	synonym
*Peratotoma*	G. F. Harris & Burrows, 1891	synonym
*Philbertia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Raphitoma (Cyrtoides)*	F. Nordsieck, 1968	synonym
*Raphitoma (Philbertia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Raphitoma (Raphitoma)*	Bellardi, 1848	synonym

Species group names

*Clathurella decorata*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Raphitoma (Philbertia) bourguignati tarentina*	F. Nordsieck, 1977	synonym
*Raphitoma (Philbertia) flavida*	F. Nordsieck, 1977	synonym
*Raphitoma flavida*	F. Nordsieck, 1977	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Bartolini, S. (2018). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea), 7: on the sibling species Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884) and R. griseomaculata n. sp. Biodiversity Journal. 9 (4): 429-440.
additional source	Russini, V.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Prkić, J.; Fassio, G.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2020). Candidate cases of poecilogony in Neogastropoda: implications for the systematics of the genus Raphitoma Bellardi, 1847. Invertebrate Systematics. 34 (3): 293–318.
additional source	Hoarau A. & Horst D. (2020). Les genres Cyrillia, Leufroyia & Raphitoma vivants de Méditerranée française. AFC, Paris, and ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 98 pp.
additional source	Prkić J., Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F., Russini V., Fassio G. & Oliverio M. (2020). Three new species of Raphitoma Bellardi, 1847 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Raphitomidae) from Croatian waters (NE Adriatic Sea). Zoosystema. 42(16): 215-237.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139364