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Raphitoma ferrierii

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Raphitoma ferrierii
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. ferrierii
Binomial name
Raphitoma ferrierii
(Brunetti & Della Bella, 2006)
Synonyms

Leufroyia ferrierii Brunetti & Della Bella, 2006

Raphitoma ferrierii is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell reaches 18.5 mm, its diameter 6.5 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Early-Middle Pliocene strata in Tuscany, Italy

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