Raphitoma sapicurtensis

Raphitoma sapicurtensis
	Shell of Raphitoma sapicurtensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	†R. sapicurtensis
Binomial name
	†Raphitoma sapicurtensis; Cossmann, 1902

Last updated November 07, 2025

Raphitoma fischeri 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

↑ MNHN, Paris: Raphitoma sapicurtensis

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

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[1] MNHN, Paris: Raphitoma sapicurtensis

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Raphitoma sapicurtensis

Shell of Raphitoma sapicurtensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	†R. sapicurtensis
Binomial name
†Raphitoma sapicurtensis Cossmann, 1902