''Raphitoma raynevali'' is an extinct

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the

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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). . 3 ...

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

The length of the shell reaches 7 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in

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, France.

References

* Chirli (C.) & Richard (C.), 2008 Les Mollusques plaisanciens de la Côte d’Azur, p. 1-128

External links

Bellardi L. (1877), I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria /
raynevali Gastropods described in 1877 {{Raphitomidae-stub