Biology:Raphitoma venusta

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Raphitoma venusta
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Shell of † Raphitoma venusta (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. venusta
Binomial name
Raphitoma venusta
(Lea, 1833)

Raphitoma venusta 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 on Alabama, USA.

References

  • Cossmann (M.), 1893 Notes complémentaires sur la faune éocènique de l'Alabama. Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie, t. 12, p. 3-5

Wikidata ☰ Q85796061 entry