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

Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

RaphitomaBellardi, 1847accepted 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 purpurea (Montagu, 1803) synonym
Defrancia purpurea (Montagu, 1803) synonym
Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803 synonym
Philbertia purpurea (Montagu, 1803) synonym
Pleurotoma fallax Forbes, 1844 synonym; nom. dub.
Raphitoma lineolata fuscata F. Nordsieck, 1977 synonym

Literature

additional source

Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.

additional source

Høisæter T. (2016). A taxonomic review of the Norwegian species of Raphitoma (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae). Fauna Norvegica. 36: 9-32.

additional source

Pusateri F., Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Bartolini S. & Oliverio M. (2017). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Neogastropoda, Conoidea) 4: The species of the group of Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803) with the description of a new species. Bollettino Malacologico. 53(2): 161-183.

additional source

Franc, A. (1952). Notes écologiques et anatomiques sur Philbertia purpurea (Montagu) (Moll. Ctenobr.). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 24: 302–305.

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

Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803). 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:139379

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LC 2006This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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2025-02-06 by Maxim Vinarski

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