Raphitoma pulchra

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Raphitoma pulchra
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. pulchra
Binomial name
Raphitoma pulchra
(M.A. Peyrot, 1931 )

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

Description[]

The length of the shell reaches 8 mm.

Distribution[]

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Miocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References[]

  • Peyrot, A. (1931) Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine (suite). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, 83, 5–116, 9 pls.


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