Raphitoma pupoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 17 mm.
(Original description) It stands out at a glance for its pupoid shape and for its very short siphonal canal, a strongly denticled aperture, oblique and obsolete cross-linking, rapid subtraction, tumid evolutions. The conical apex is composed of many rounded corners, the last of which at angled periphery.Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
Distribution This species occurs in the Central Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands.
References
Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli, Francesco Pusateri, Riccardo Giannuzzi-Savelli, Riccardo Giannuzzi: A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae, 3: on the Raphitoma pupoides (Monterosato, 1884) complex, with the description of a new species (Mollusca Gastropoda); Biodiversity Journal, 2016, 7 (1): 103–115
External links Scacchi, A. (1836). Catalogus Conchyliorum regni Neapolitani. Neapoli [Naples, Typis Filiatre-Sebetii 18 p., 1 pl] Gastropods.com: Raphitoma (pupoides