Raphitoma desmoulinsi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Raphitoma desmoulinsi | |
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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. desmoulinsi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Raphitoma desmoulinsi L.M.D. Bellardi, 1847
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Description edit
The length of the shell reaches 15 mm.
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Distribution edit
Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Upper Pliocene strata in Emilia, Italy.
References 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.
External links edit
- Bellardi, Luigi. Monografia delle Pleurotome fossili del Piemonte. Stamperia Reale, 1847
- 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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