Raphitoma ferroviae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Raphitoma ferroviae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Raphitoma |
Species: | †R. ferroviae
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Binomial name | |
†Raphitoma ferroviae (Cossmann, 1923)
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Synonyms | |
Turricula (Crenaturricula) dentata ferroviae (Cossmann, 1923) |
Description
editThe length of the shell reaches 13 mm (0.51 in).
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Distribution
editFossils of this extinct marine species were found in Eocene strata in Aquitaine, France
References
edit- ^ "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Raphitoma ferroviae". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- Cossmann, M., and G. O’Gorman. "Le gisement cuisien de Gan (Basses-Pyrénées)." Cossmann, Pau (1923).
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