Raphitoma arenosa

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

Raphitoma arenosa
Shell and protoconch of Raphitoma arenosa (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. arenosa
Binomial name
Raphitoma arenosa
Lozouet, 2017

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Southwest France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma arenosa Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056625 on 2019-11-30
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3–180. page(s): 62–63, pl. 28 figs 18–19, pl. 29 figs 1-6


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