Daphnella eocaenica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Daphnella eocaenica | |
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| Shell of † Daphnella eocaenica (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Daphnella |
| Species: | D. eocaenica
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnella eocaenica Cossmann, 1896
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata of Loire-Atlantique, France.
References
edit- Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179
- Cossmann (M.), 1896 Mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Tome 1, fascicule 2. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, t. 6, vol. 4, p. 180-246
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