Raphitoma costellata

Raphitoma costellata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.

Raphitoma costellata
Shell of Raphitoma costellata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	†R. costellata
Binomial name
†Raphitoma costellata (Lamarck, 1804)
Synonyms
† Amblyacrum chevallieri Cossmann, 1889 † Daphnella (Raphitoma) costellata Cossmann, 1896 † Pleurotoma columnella Deshayes, 1865 † Pleurotoma costellata Lamarck, 1804 (original combination) † Pleurotoma costellata brevicauda Lamarck, 1804

Subspecies

• † Raphitoma costellata bicristata A.E.M. Cossmann & G. Pissarro, 1913
• † Raphitoma costellata capellinii G.P. Deshayes, 1865 (synonym: Pleurotoma capellinii Deshayes, 1865; Raphitoma cappellinii (Deshayes, 1865))
• † Raphitoma costellata coptochetoides (Lamarck, 1804a)
• † Raphitoma costellata pachycolpa Cossmann, 1889

Description

ssp. subattenuata

Distribution

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

References

• Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
• Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.