Raphitoma fischeri is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Raphitoma fischeri
Shell of Raphitoma fischeri (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. fischeri
Binomial name
Raphitoma fischeri
Cossmann, 1902

Description

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Distribution

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

References

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  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65