Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Raphitomidae Scientific name Raphitoma histrix | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Conoidea Genus Raphitoma Rank Species | |
Raphitoma histrix is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Raphitoma histrix was first described as a fossil from the Pliocene of north-western Italy, though the name had also been used for shells from both the Mediterranean and western Africa.
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