# Raphitoma perplexa

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Extinct species of gastropod

Raphitoma perplexa Shell of † Raphitoma perplexa (specimen at MNHN, Paris) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Raphitoma Species: †R. perplexa Binomial name †Raphitoma perplexa (Deshayes, 1865) Synonyms Pleurotoma perplexa Deshayes, 1865

***Raphitoma perplexa*** 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]

## Distribution

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [MNHN, Paris: *Raphitoma perplexa*](https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/j04879?listIndex=45&listCount=73)

- 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

- Tucker, J.K. (2004). ["Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)"](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf) (PDF). *Zootaxa*. **682**: 1–1295. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1](https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.682.1.1).

Taxon identifiers Raphitoma perplexa Wikidata: Q85796011 GBIF: 4961643

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