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Raphitoma perplexa

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Extinct species of gastropod

Raphitoma perplexa
Shell of † Raphitoma perplexa (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. perplexa
Binomial name
Raphitoma perplexa
(Deshayes, 1865)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma perplexa Deshayes, 1865

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

Description

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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

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Taxon identifiers
Raphitoma perplexa


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