''Xanthodaphne contarinii'' 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 ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Xanthodaphne contarinii Petracci, Bongiardino, Della Bella & Tabanelli, 2019 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416987 on 2020-07-07]
Description
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in
Pliocene strata of
Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
References
* Petracci P., Bongiardino C., Della Bella G. & Tabanelli C. (2019). ''Xanthodaphne contarinii n.sp. dai depositi pliocenici dell'Emilia-Romagna (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Raphitomidae).'' Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna. 50: 1-11
contarinii
Gastropods described in 2019
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