Raphitoma lilliputiana

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

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

Distribution

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

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma lilliputiana Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056628 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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