Raphitoma erinaceus

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

Raphitoma erinaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. erinaceus
Binomial name
Raphitoma erinaceus
(Bellardi, 1877)
Synonyms

Homotoma erinaceus Bellardi, 1877

Description

The length of the shell reaches 9.5 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Italy

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