Raphitoma striolaris

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

Raphitoma striolaris
Shell of † Raphitoma striolaris (specimen at MNHN, Pqris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Raphitoma
Species:	†R. striolaris
Binomial name
†Raphitoma striolaris (Deshayes, 1837)

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

Spire scalariform; whorls separated by a deep, undulating suture; subsutural ramp adorned with whitish commas (« albo-virgulatae » in Monterosato); sculpture made of few, sharp, raised spiral ridges running upon even fewer radial costae, giving the shell a clathrate appearance. Shallow water, north of the harbor, east of the bridge, along the Avenue des Étangs, Frontignan-plage, Occitania. Original picture provided by J. Renoult for iNaturalist (CC BY-NC).

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Eocene strata in France.^{[citation needed]}