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Raphitoma striolaris

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Extinct species of gastropod

Raphitoma striolaris
Shell of † Raphitoma striolaris (specimen at MNHN, Pqris)
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. striolaris
Binomial name
Raphitoma striolaris
(Deshayes, 1837)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

Spire scalariform; whorls separated by a deep, undulating suture; subsutural ramp adorned with whitish commas (« albo-virgulatae » in Monterosato); sculpture made of few, sharp, raised spiral ridges running upon even fewer radial costae, giving the shell a clathrate appearance. Shallow water, north of the harbor, east of the bridge, along the Avenue des Étangs, Frontignan-plage, Occitania. Original picture provided by J. Renoult for iNaturalist (CC BY-NC).

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Distribution

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

References

  1. MNHN, Paris: Raphitoma striolaris
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132

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Taxon identifiers
Raphitoma striolaris


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