Biology:Raphitoma leptocolpa

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Raphitoma leptocolpa
Raphitoma leptocolpa 001.jpg
Shell of Raphitoma leptocolpa (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. leptocolpa
Binomial name
Raphitoma leptocolpa
Cossmann, 1889

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

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Eocene strata in France .

References

  • Cossmann (M.), 1889 Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris (4ème fascicule). Annales de la Société royale Malacologique de Belgique, t. 24, p. 3-385

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q85795981 entry