Raphitoma costellata

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

Subspecies
  • † Raphitoma costellata bicristata A.E.M. Cossmann & G. Pissarro, 1913
  • † Raphitoma costellata capellinii G.P. Deshayes, 1865 (synonym: Pleurotoma capellinii Deshayes, 1865; Raphitoma cappellinii (Deshayes, 1865))
  • † Raphitoma costellata coptochetoides (Lamarck, 1804a)
  • † Raphitoma costellata pachycolpa Cossmann, 1889

Raphitoma costellata
Shell of Raphitoma costellata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. costellata
Binomial name
Raphitoma costellata
(Lamarck, 1804)
Synonyms
  • † Amblyacrum chevallieri Cossmann, 1889
  • † Daphnella (Raphitoma) costellata Cossmann, 1896
  • † Pleurotoma columnella Deshayes, 1865
  • † Pleurotoma costellata Lamarck, 1804 (original combination)
  • † Pleurotoma costellata brevicauda Lamarck, 1804

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Eocene strata in France.

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References
  1. MNHN, Paris: Raphitoma costellata
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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