Raphitoma daphnelloides

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

Raphitoma daphnelloides
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. daphnelloides
Binomial name
Raphitoma daphnelloides
Gougerot & Le Renard, 1981
Synonyms

Raphitoma (Amblyacrum) perplexa daphnelloides (Deshayes, 1865)

Description edit

Distribution edit

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Eocene strata in France; age range: 40.4 to 37.2 Ma

References edit

  • Gougerot, L., and Le Renard. "Clefs de Détermination des petites Espèces de Gastéropodes de L'Eocene du Bassin Parisien . XIX: Le Genre Pleurotomella." (1981).

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.