Raphitoma palumbina

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

Raphitoma palumbina
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. palumbina
Binomial name
†Raphitoma palumbina
Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018

Description

Distribution

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

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma palumbina Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1324483 on 2019-12-02
  • Ceulemans L., Van Dingenen F. & Landau B.M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire- Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (fine). Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 89-176


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