Microdaphne indohystrix

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

Microdaphne indohystrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Microdaphne
Species:
M. indohystrix
Binomial name
Microdaphne indohystrix
M. Harzhauser, 2014

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm, its diameter 0.8 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Early Miocene strata of the Burdigalian in the Warkalli Formation, Kerala State, India.

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