# Raphitoma ganensis

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Extinct species of gastropod

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

***Raphitoma ganensis*** 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 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](/source/Eocene) strata in Aquitaine, [France](/source/France)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bagniliggia_1-0)** ["WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Raphitoma ganensis"](http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/6482000154.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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