Pleurotomella protocarinata

Pleurotomella protocarinata
Whorls of the shell of Pleurotomella protocarinata (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
†P. protocarinata
Binomial name
†Pleurotomella protocarinata
Lozouet, 2017

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

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella protocarinata Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056622 on 2019-09-13


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