Raphitoma deshayesi

Raphitoma deshayesi
Shell of Raphitoma deshayesi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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]

Distribution

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

References

1. MNHN, Paris: Raphitoma deshayesi

• 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