Microdaphne indohystrix

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

Microdaphne indohystrix
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Description

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

Distribution

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

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