Daphnella gascognensis

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

Daphnella gascognensis
Shell of † Daphnella gascognensis (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. gascognensis
Binomial name
Daphnella gascognensis
Lozouet, 2017

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Southwest France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Daphnella gascognensis Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056438 on 2019-03-18
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3-180 page(s): 56, pl. 25 figs 15–17; pl. 26 fig. 12


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