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Austromitra ralphi

Austromitra ralphi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae.

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Austromitra ralphi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Austromitra
Species:
A. ralphi
Binomial name
Austromitra ralphi
(Cossmann, 1900)
Synonyms1
  • † Mitra ralphi Cossmann, 1900
  • † Mitra semilaevis Tate, 1889 (not Edwards, 1856 (homonym))
  • † Mitra tatei Cossmann, 1899 (not Angas, 1879 (homonym))
  • † Turricula (Costellaria) tatei Cossmann, 1899

Austromitra ralphi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae.1

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Victoria, Australia.

References

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Austromitra ralphi (Cossmann, 1900) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1383896 on 2023-08-15
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
  • Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65–132.
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