Raphitoma eberti
Appearance
Raphitoma eberti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Raphitoma |
Species: | †R. eberti
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Binomial name | |
†Raphitoma eberti A. von Koenen, 1894
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Raphitoma eberti is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell of Raphitoma eberti reaches a length of 7 mm.They are characterized by their slender, elongated shells with distinct spiraled ridges or sculpture.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Eocene strata in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
References
[edit]- Koenen, A. von 1894: Das Norddeutsche Unter-Oligocän und seine Mollusken-Fauna. Abh. geol. Spec.-Karte Preuss. u. Thüring. Staat. 10 (6), 1250–1392