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Raphitoma antonjanseni

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Raphitoma antonjanseni
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. antonjanseni
Binomial name
Raphitoma antonjanseni
Marquet, 1998

Raphitoma antonjanseni 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 a length of 16 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Pliocene strata near Antwerp, Belgium.

References

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  1. ^ Marquet, Robert, and Frank Wesselingh. "Over de slakken van het Antwerpse Plioceen." Afzettingen 19.3 (1998): 69-70.
  • Marquet, R. 1998. The Pliocene turrid Gastropods of Belgium. Part 2; Conidae (genera Asthenotoma, Comarmondia, Cytharella, Mangelia, Lusitanops, Raphitoma and Philbertia). Bulletin de ITnstitut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 68: 263–287.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.