# Raphitoma pycnum

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Extinct species of gastropod

Raphitoma pycnum Shell and protoconch of Raphitoma pycnum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Raphitoma Species: R. pycnum Binomial name Raphitoma pycnum Lozouet, 1999

***Raphitoma pycnum*** 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 [Oligocene](/source/Oligocene) strata in [Southwest France](/source/South_West_France_(wine_region)).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0)** MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma pycnum Lozouet, 1999 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056631](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056631) on 2019-12-03

- Lozouet P. (1999). *Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2.* Cossmanniana. 6: 1-68.

- Lozouet (P.), 2017 *Les Conoidea de l’Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l’Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France).* Cossmanniana, t. 19, p. 1-179

Taxon identifiers Raphitoma pycnum Wikidata: Q85796029 CoL: 4RKTY GBIF: 8956161 Open Tree of Life: 7953460 WoRMS: 1056631

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