Biology:Raphitoma pycnum

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Raphitoma pycnum
Raphitoma pycnum 001.jpg
Shell and protoconch of Raphitoma pycnum (specimen 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. pycnum
Binomial name
Raphitoma pycnum
Lozouet, 1999

Raphitoma pycnum 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 Oligocene strata in Southwest France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma pycnum Lozouet, 1999 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056631 on 2019-12-03
  • Lozouet P. (1999). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana. 6: 1-68.
  • Lozouet (P.), 2017 Les Conoidea de l’Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l’Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana, t. 19, p. 1-179

Wikidata ☰ Q85796029 entry