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Raphitoma deshayesi

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Raphitoma deshayesi
Shell of Raphitoma deshayesi (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. deshayesi
Binomial name
Raphitoma deshayesi
Cossmann, 1902

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

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
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132