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Raphitoma pulchra

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Extinct species of gastropod

Raphitoma pulchra
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. pulchra
Binomial name
Raphitoma pulchra
(M.A. Peyrot, 1931 )

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

Description

The length of the shell reaches 8 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2019)

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Miocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

  1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitoma pulchra
  • Peyrot, A. (1931) Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine (suite). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, 83, 5–116, 9 pls.


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