Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Raphitoma perpulchra
Extinct species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Raphitoma perpulchra is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Remove ads
Description
The length of the shell reaches 10 mm.
(Original description) "The small shell is turriculate and fusiform. It has an elevated spire and convex whorls. The whorls are longitudinally costated with 11 - 12 ribs on the body whorl. It is transversely striated with sharp and elevated striae. The outer lip is curved and thickened on the outside. It has a large and deep sinus at the suture. The siphonal canal is short and very open."[2]
Remove ads
Distribution
Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Belgium and the Crag Formation, Sutton, England.
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads