Raphitoma perplexa

{{Short description|Extinct species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Raphitoma perplexa |extinct=yes |image = Raphitoma perplexa 001.jpg |image_caption = Shell of † ''Raphitoma perplexa'' (specimen at MNHN, Paris) |authority = ([[Gérard Paul Deshayes|Deshayes]], 1865) |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = ''Pleurotoma perplexa'' <small>Deshayes, 1865</small> |display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Raphitoma perplexa''''' is an extinct [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref>[https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/j04879?listIndex=45&listCount=73 MNHN, Paris: ''Raphitoma perplexa'']</ref>

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

==References== {{Reflist}} * Cossmann (M.), 1919 Supplément aux mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, sér. 3, t. 5, p. 53-141

==External links== * {{cite journal|last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K.|year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)|url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf|journal = Zootaxa|volume = 682|pages = 1–1295| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphitoma Perplexa}} [[Category:Raphitoma|perplexa]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1865]] [[Category:Taxa named by Gérard Paul Deshayes]]