Raphitoma atropurpurea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description The length of the shell varies between and .
The monochrome dark brown shell has a somewhat elongated, fusiform shape. The spire is long but not very acuminate. The shell contains 10 convex whorls, separated by a rather impressed suture. The body whorl is rounded and is attenuated progressively downwards. The whorls show narrow, close, prominent ribs intersected by decurrent, narrow, prominent, regular and continual striae, forming a regular reticulation. Locard A. & Caziot E. (1900-1901). Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, 46: 193-274 [1900; 47: 1-80, 159-291]
Distribution This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Southern France and Corsica.
References
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.
External links
Gastropods.com: Raphitoma (Raphitoma) atropurpurea Biolib.cz: Raphitoma atropurpurea