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Raphitoma erinaceus

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Raphitoma erinaceus
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. erinaceus
Binomial name
Raphitoma erinaceus
(Bellardi, 1877)
Synonyms

Homotoma erinaceus Bellardi, 1877

Raphitoma raynevali 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 9.5 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Italy

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