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Raphitoma ferrierii

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Extinct species of gastropod

Raphitoma ferrierii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species: †R. ferrierii
Binomial name
†Raphitoma ferrierii
(Brunetti & Della Bella, 2006)
Synonyms

Leufroyia ferrierii Brunetti & Della Bella, 2006

Raphitoma ferrierii is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The length of the shell reaches 18.5 mm, its diameter 6.5 mm.

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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Early-Middle Pliocene strata in Tuscany, Italy

References

  1. Brunetti, M. Mauro, and G. Della Bella. "Leufroyia ferrierii: una nuova specie per il Pliocene toscano (Gastropoda: Conidae)." Bollettino Malacologico 42.9/12 (2006): 118.


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