''Raphitoma lennieri'' 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 ...

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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 ...

.MNHN, Paris: ''Raphitoma lennieri''
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Description

Distribution

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

References

* Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1900 ''Faune éocènique du Cotentin. 1er article.'' Bulletin de la Société Géologique de Normandie, t. 19, p. 19-75 lennieri Gastropods described in 1900 {{Raphitomidae-stub