Raphitoma ganensis

{{Short description|Extinct species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Speciesbox |image = |image_caption = |genus = Raphitoma |species = ganensis |authority = ([[Maurice Cossmann|Cossmann]], 1923) |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = ''Turricula (Crenaturricula) ganensis'' <small>(Cossmann, 1923)</small> }}

'''''Raphitoma ganensis''''' is an extinct [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref name="bagniliggia">{{cite web|url=http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/6482000154.htm|title=WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Raphitoma ganensis|website=bagniliggia.it|accessdate=22 December 2019}}</ref>

==Description== The length of the shell can reach between 9mm to 25mm of size. Within the Conoidea, the Raphitomidae are one of the most difficult family to describe by shell morphology only. Indeed, none of the external characteristics or group of characteristics shared by all the genera of this family is peculiar enough to be of any use in a description.

==Distribution== Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in [[Eocene]] strata in Aquitaine, [[France]]

==References== {{Reflist|1}} * Cossmann, M., and G. O’Gorman. "Le gisement cuisien de Gan (Basses-Pyrénées)." Cossmann, Pau (1923).

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

[[Category:Raphitoma|ganensis]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1923]] [[Category:Taxa named by Maurice Cossmann]]