''Raphitoma histrix'' is an extinct

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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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 ...

. ''Raphitoma histrix'' was first described as a fossil from the

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References

* 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

External links

Bellardi L. (1847). ''Monografia delle Pleurotome fossili del Piemonte.'' Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. 9(2): 531-650, 4 pls
histrix Gastropods described in 1847 {{paleo-Raphitoma-stub