Raphitoma pycnum

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Raphitoma pycnum
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Shell and protoconch of Raphitoma pycnum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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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

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

References

  1. 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