Raphitoma michaudi

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

Raphitoma michaudi
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. michaudi
Binomial name
Raphitoma michaudi
(Bellardi, 1877)
Synonyms

Homotoma michaudi Bellardi, 1877

Description

The length of the shell reaches 14 mm, its diameter 6.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Lower Pliocene strata in Italy

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