Raphitoma raynevali
Shell of † Raphitoma raynevali (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. raynevali
Binomial name
Raphitoma raynevali
(Bellardi, 1877)

Raphitoma raynevali is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell reaches 7 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Languedoc, France.

References

  • Chirli (C.) & Richard (C.), 2008 Les Mollusques plaisanciens de la Côte d’Azur, p. 1-128


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