# Raphitoma ferroviae

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Extinct species of gastropod

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Raphitoma ferroviae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Raphitoma Species: †R. ferroviae Binomial name †Raphitoma ferroviae (Cossmann, 1923) Synonyms Turricula (Crenaturricula) dentata ferroviae (Cossmann, 1923)

***Raphitoma ferroviae*** is an extinct [species](/source/Species) of [sea snail](/source/Sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusc](/source/Mollusc) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Raphitomidae](/source/Raphitomidae).[1]

## Description

The length of the shell reaches 13 mm (0.51 in).

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## Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in [Eocene](/source/Eocene) strata in Aquitaine, France

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bagniliggia_1-0)** ["WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Raphitoma ferroviae"](http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/6482000153.htm). *bagniliggia.it*. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

- Cossmann, M., and G. O’Gorman. "Le gisement cuisien de Gan (Basses-Pyrénées)." Cossmann, Pau (1923).

## External links

- [MNHN Paris: *Turricula (Crenaturricula) dentata ferroviae*](https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/j10899)

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