Cryptodaphne chattica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Cryptodaphne chattica
(incomplete) shell of Cryptodaphne chattica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Cryptodaphne
Species:
C. chattica
Binomial name
Cryptodaphne chattica
Lozouet, 2017

Description

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Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cryptodaphne chattica Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056431 on 2019-02-25}
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3–180.