Raphitoma antonjanseni is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Raphitoma antonjanseni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Raphitoma |
| Species: | R. antonjanseni
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| Binomial name | |
| Raphitoma antonjanseni Marquet, 1998
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Description edit
The length of the shell reaches a length of 16 mm.
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Distribution edit
Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Pliocene strata near Antwerp, Belgium.
References edit
- ^ Marquet, Robert, and Frank Wesselingh. "Over de slakken van het Antwerpse Plioceen." Afzettingen 19.3 (1998): 69-70.
- Marquet, R. 1998. The Pliocene turrid Gastropods of Belgium. Part 2; Conidae (genera Asthenotoma, Comarmondia, Cytharella, Mangelia, Lusitanops, Raphitoma and Philbertia). Bulletin de ITnstitut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 68: 263–287.
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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