Raphitoma lennieri

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

Raphitoma lennieri
Shell of Raphitoma lennieri (syntype at MNHN, Parsi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. lennieri
Binomial name
Raphitoma lennieri
Cossmann & Pissarro, 1900

Distribution

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

References
  1. MNHN, Paris: Raphitoma lennieri
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1900 Faune éocènique du Cotentin. 1er article. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de Normandie, t. 19, p. 19-75


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