Raphitoma birmanica

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

Raphitoma birmanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. birmanica
Binomial name
Raphitoma birmanica
(E.W. Vredenburg, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Cytharella birmanica Shuto, 1984 (doubtful synonym)
  • Daphnella (Raphitoma) birmanica Vredenburg 1921

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Miocene strata in Myanmar; age range: 23.03 to 20.43 Ma

References

  • E. Vredenburg. 1921. Comparative diagnoses of Pleurotomidae from the Tertiary formations of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53:83-129
  • 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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