Raphitoma gabusogana

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

Raphitoma gabusogana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. gabusogana
Binomial name
Raphitoma gabusogana
S. Nomura & N. Zinbo, 1936

Description

The length of the shell reaches 9 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Miocene strata on Okinawa

References

  • Nomura, Sitihei, and Noboru Zinbô. "Molluscan fossils from the Simaziri beds of Okinawa-zima, Ryukyu Islands." (1936).


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