Daphnella eocaenica

Daphnella eocaenica
Shell of † Daphnella eocaenica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. eocaenica
Binomial name
Daphnella eocaenica
Cossmann, 1896

Daphnella eocaenica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata of Loire-Atlantique, France.

References

  1. ^ MNHN, Paris: Daphnella (s. str.) eocaenica Cossmann, 1896
  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179
  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 Mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Tome 1, fascicule 2. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, t. 6, vol. 4, p. 180-246


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