Raphitoma histrix

{{Short description|Extinct species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Raphitoma histrix |image = |image_caption = |authority = [[Luigi Bellardi|Bellardi]], 1847 |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * † ''Defrancia histrix'' Jeffreys, 1856 * † ''Echion histrix'' Monter., 1872 * † ''Mangelia histrix'' Forest., 1868 * †''Pleurotoma hystrix'' de Cristofori & Jan, 1832 (nomen nudum) * † ''Pleurotoma spinulosa'' Cont., 1864 |display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Raphitoma histrix''''' is an extinct [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|139368|''Raphitoma histrix'' Bellardi, 1847||5 April 2010}}</ref>

''Raphitoma histrix'' was first described as a fossil from the [[Pliocene]] of north-western Italy, though the name had also been used for shells from both the Mediterranean and western Africa.<ref>Christopher Taylor, (6/9/2014). ''Raphitoma Histrix.'' Received from http://coo.fieldofscience.com/2014/06/raphitoma-hystrix.html</ref>

==Distribution== Fossils of this marine species were found in [[Pliocene]] strata in [[Italy]].

==References== {{Reflist}} * 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== * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7664911 Bellardi L. (1847). ''Monografia delle Pleurotome fossili del Piemonte.'' Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. 9(2): 531-650, 4 pls]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphitoma Histrix}} [[Category:Raphitoma|histrix]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1847]] [[Category:Taxa named by Luigi Bellardi]]