Pleurotomella rappardiformis

Pleurotomella rappardiformis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Pleurotomella rappardiformis
Shell and protoconch of † Pleurotomella rappardiformis (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. rappardiformis
Binomial name
Pleurotomella rappardiformis
Lozouet, 2017

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella rappardiformis Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056624 on 2019-09-13


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