Raphitoma consimilis
Raphitoma consimilis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Raphitoma consimilis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Raphitoma |
| Species: | R. consimilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Raphitoma consimilis F.W. Harmer, 1918 | |
| Synonyms | |
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† Bela consimilis Glibert, 1960 | |
Description
Distribution
Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Suffolk, England.
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References
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Harmer, F. W. "IV. The Stratigraphical Position of the Coralline Crag." Geological Magazine 5.9 (1918): 409–412.
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