Raphitoma leptocolpa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Raphitoma leptocolpa | |
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Shell of Raphitoma leptocolpa (holotype 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. leptocolpa
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Binomial name | |
Raphitoma leptocolpa Cossmann, 1889
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Description
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Distribution
editFossils of this extinct marine species were found in Eocene strata in France.
References
edit- Cossmann (M.), 1889 Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris (4ème fascicule). Annales de la Société royale Malacologique de Belgique, t. 24, p. 3-385
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.