Raphitoma pycnum
| Raphitoma pycnum | |
|---|---|
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| Shell and protoconch of Raphitoma pycnum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Raphitoma |
| Species: | R. pycnum |
| Binomial name | |
| Raphitoma pycnum Lozouet, 1999 | |
Raphitoma pycnum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Southwest France.
References
[edit]- ↑ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma pycnum Lozouet, 1999 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056631 on 2019-12-03
- Lozouet P. (1999). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana. 6: 1-68.
- Lozouet (P.), 2017 Les Conoidea de l’Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l’Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana, t. 19, p. 1-179
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