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Raphitoma vitiosa

extinct species of gastropod

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ85796063 ↗
Source-derived summary

Raphitoma vitiosa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Southwest France.

References

Lozouet P. (1999). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana. 6: 1-68.

Lozouet (P.), 2017 Les Conoidea de l’Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l’Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana, t. 19, p.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Raphitoma vitiosa” as extinct species of gastropod. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999, 2017—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Raphitoma, vitiosa and extinct can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as extinct species of gastropod. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q85796063. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1999 and 2017.

Critical limits

Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Raphitoma vitiosa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.