Biology:Raphitoma perplexa
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
Raphitoma perplexa | |
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Shell of † Raphitoma perplexa (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Raphitoma |
Species: | †R. perplexa
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Binomial name | |
†Raphitoma perplexa (Deshayes, 1865)
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Synonyms | |
Pleurotoma perplexa Deshayes, 1865 |
Raphitoma perplexa 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.), 1919 Supplément aux mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, sér. 3, t. 5, p. 53-141
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q85796011 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphitoma perplexa.
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