Raphitoma grimmertingenensis

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

Raphitoma grimmertingenensis
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. grimmertingenensis
Binomial name
Raphitoma grimmertingenensis
R. Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016

Description edit

Distribution edit

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Early Oligocene strata in Belgium

References edit

  1. ^ "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Raphitoma grimmertingenensis". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  • Marquet, R., J. Lenaerts, and J. Laporte. "A systematic study of the Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Grimmetingen Sand Member (Early Oligocene) in Belgium." Palaeontos (2016).