Microdaphne indohystrix is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Microdaphne indohystrix | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Microdaphne |
Species: | †M. indohystrix
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Binomial name | |
†Microdaphne indohystrix M. Harzhauser, 2014
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 1.8 mm, its diameter 0.8 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils of this species were found in Early Miocene strata of the Burdigalian in the Warkalli Formation, Kerala State, India.
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