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Raphitoma symmetrica

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Raphitoma symmetrica
Shell of † Raphitoma symmetrica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. symmetrica
Binomial name
Raphitoma symmetrica
(Reeve, 1846)

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

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Miocene strata on Martinique.

References

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  • Cossmann (M.), 1913 Étude comparative de fossiles miocéniques recueillis à la Martinique et à l'Isthme de Panama. Journal de Conchyliologie, t. 61, vol. 1, p. 1-64