''Microdaphne indohystrix'' is an extinct species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...

.Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Microdaphne indohystrix
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Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm, its diameter 0.8 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Early Miocene strata of the Burdigalian in the Warkalli Formation,

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, India.

References

External links

Harzhauser, Mathias. "A seagrass-associated Early Miocene Indo-Pacific gastropod fauna from South West India (Kerala)." Palaeontographica Abteilung A 1.6 (2014): 73-178.
indohystrix Gastropods described in 2014 {{paleo-Raphitomidae-stub