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Raphitoma desmoulinsi

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Raphitoma desmoulinsi
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. desmoulinsi
Binomial name
Raphitoma desmoulinsi
L.M.D. Bellardi, 1847
Synonyms
  • Belidaphne desmouilinsi (sic) Vera-Peláez, 2002
  • Bellardiella desmoulinsi Sacco, 1904
  • Daphnella (Bellardiella) desmoulinsi Cossmann, 1896
  • Defrancia desmoulinsi Seguenza, 1875
  • Homotoma desmoulinsi Bellardi, 1877
  • Pleurotoma desmoulinsi Studer, 1853
  • Pleurotoma (Bellardiella) desmoulinsi Dollfus, 1906

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

Description

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The length of the shell reaches 15 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Upper Pliocene strata in Emilia, Italy.

References

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  1. ^ Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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