Microdaphne indohystrix

Microdaphne indohystrix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Microdaphne
Species:	†M. indohystrix
Binomial name
†Microdaphne indohystrix M. Harzhauser, 2014

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.8 mm, its diameter 0.8 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Early Miocene strata of the Burdigalian in the Warkalli Formation, Kerala State, India.

References

1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Microdaphne indohystrix

External links

• Harzhauser, Mathias. "A seagrass-associated Early Miocene Indo-Pacific gastropod fauna from South West India (Kerala)." Palaeontographica Abteilung A 1.6 (2014): 73-178.