{{Short description|Extinct species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Raphitoma perpulchra |image = |image_caption = |authority = (S.V. Wood, 1848 ) |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = ''Clavatula perpulchra'' <small>S.V. Wood, 1848</small> |display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Raphitoma perpulchra''''' is an extinct [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]], in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref>[http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/5366000218.htm Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: ''Raphitoma perpulchra'']</ref>

==Description== The length of the shell reaches 10&nbsp;mm.

(Original description) "''The small shell is turriculate and fusiform. It has an elevated [[Spire (mollusc)|spire]] and convex [[Whorl (mollusc)|whorl]]s. The whorls are longitudinally costated with 11 - 12 ribs on the [[body whorl]]. It is transversely striated with sharp and elevated striae. The outer [[Lip (gastropod)|lip]] is curved and thickened on the outside. It has a large and deep sinus at the suture. The [[siphonal canal]] is short and very open.''"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4kE4AQAAMAAJ&q=perpulchra&pg=PA1 Wood, Searles Valentine. A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca: With Descriptions of Shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. No. 1. Johnson, 1848]</ref>

==Distribution== Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in [[Pliocene]] strata in [[Belgium]] and the Crag Formation, Sutton, England.

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[[Category:Raphitoma|perpulchra]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1848]]