''Raphitoma ferrierii'' is an extinct species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...

.Brunetti, M. Mauro, and G. Della Bella. "''Leufroyia ferrierii'': una nuova specie per il Pliocene toscano (Gastropoda: Conidae)." ''Bollettino Malacologico'' 42.9/12 (2006): 118.
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Description

The length of the shell reaches 18.5 mm, its diameter 6.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Early-Middle Pliocene strata in Tuscany, Italy

References

ferrierii Gastropods described in 2006 {{Raphitomidae-stub