Rhaphischisma Knight 1936 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Rhaphischismatidae

Synonym: Rotellina de Koninck 1881 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1936. Notes on Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 10(6):520-534

Parent taxon: Rhaphischismatidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Knight 1936, Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Rhaphischisma planorbiformis

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Visé (Carboniferous of Belgium)

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