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Asperdaphne recticostulata

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Asperdaphne recticostulata
Original image of a shell of Asperdaphne recticostulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Asperdaphne
Species:
A. recticostulata
Binomial name
Asperdaphne recticostulata
(Yokoyama, 1922)
Synonyms

Bela recticostulata Yokoyama, 1922

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

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species have been found in Pleistocene strata of the Chiba formation in Japan.

References

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  • Yokoyama, M., 1922a: Fossils from the upper Musashino of Kazusa and Shimosa. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, vol. 44, art. 1, pp. 1–200 + i–viii, pls. 1–17
  • Taki, I. and Oyama, K., 1954: Matajiro Yokoyama's the Pliocene and later faunas from the Kwanto region in Japan. Palaeontological Society of Japan, Special Papers, no. 2, pp. 1–68, pls. 1–49
  • Oyama, K., 1973: Revision of Matajiro Yokoyama's type Mollusca from the Tertiary and Quaternary of the Kanto area. Palaeontological Society of Japan, Special Papers, no. 17, pp. 1–148, pls. 1–57
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