Raphitoma perplexa

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

Raphitoma perplexa
Shell of † Raphitoma perplexa (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. perplexa
Binomial name
Raphitoma perplexa
(Deshayes, 1865)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma perplexa Deshayes, 1865

Distribution

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

References
  1. MNHN, Paris: Raphitoma perplexa
  • Cossmann (M.), 1919 Supplément aux mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, sér. 3, t. 5, p. 53-141
  • 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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