Raphitoma histrix

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

Raphitoma histrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Raphitoma
Species:
R. histrix
Binomial name
Raphitoma histrix
Bellardi, 1847
Synonyms[1]
  • † Defrancia histrix Jeffreys, 1856
  • † Echion histrix Monter., 1872
  • † Mangelia histrix Forest., 1868
  • †Pleurotoma hystrix de Cristofori & Jan, 1832 (nomen nudum)
  • † Pleurotoma spinulosa Cont., 1864

Raphitoma histrix was first described as a fossil from the Pliocene of north-western Italy, though the name had also been used for shells from both the Mediterranean and western Africa.[2]

Description

Distribution

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

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References
  1. Raphitoma histrix Bellardi, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Christopher Taylor, (6/9/2014). Raphitoma Histrix. Received from http://coo.fieldofscience.com/2014/06/raphitoma-hystrix.html
  • Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F. & Bartolini S. (2018). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) 5: loss of planktotrophy and pairs of species, with the description of four new species. Bollettino Malacologico. 54, supplement 11: 1-77



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