''Raphitoma alfurica'' is an extinct

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the

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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 ...

.Fischer, P. J. "Beitrag zur kenntnis der Pliozän-fauna der Molukken-inseln Seran und Obi." Paläontologie von Timor 15.25 (1927): 1-179.

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western part. The Indonesian part, also ...

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* alfurica Gastropods described in 1927 {{paleo-Raphitoma-stub