Biology:Raphitoma pulchra
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
| Raphitoma pulchra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Raphitoma |
| Species: | R. pulchra
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| Binomial name | |
| Raphitoma pulchra (M.A. Peyrot, 1931 )
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† Daphnella pulchra Peyrot, 1931 superseded combination | |
Raphitoma pulchra is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, in the family Raphitomidae.[1] [2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 13 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Miocene strata in Saint-Martin-d'Oney, Aquitaine, France.
References
- ↑ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitoma pulchra
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma pulchra (Peyrot, 1931) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1775498 on 2026-05-26
- Peyrot, A. (1931) Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine (suite). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, 83, 5–116, 9 pls.
- Lozouet, P.; Lesport, J. F.; Renard, P. (2001). Révision des Gastropoda (Mollusca) du stratotype de l'Aquitanien (Miocène Inf.): site de Saucats "Lariey", Gironde, France. Cossmanniana, Hors-série. 3: 1-189.
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