Raphitoma merignacensis

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

Raphitoma merignacensis
Shell of † Raphitoma merignacensis (specimen at MNHN, Parsi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
†R. merignacensis
Binomial name
†Raphitoma merignacensis
(Peyrot, 1931)

Description

Distribution

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

References
  1. MNHN, Paris: Raphitoma merignacensis
  • 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


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