Pleurotomella cuspidata

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

Pleurotomella cuspidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. cuspidata
Binomial name
Pleurotomella cuspidata
(Chapple, 1934)
Synonyms

Guraleus cuspidatus Chapple, 1934 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found off Victoria, Australia.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella cuspidata (Chapple, 1934) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868153 on 2019-11-01
  • Chapple, E. H. "Additions to the Tertiary Mollusca of Victoria." Mem. National Mus. Melbourne 8 (1934): 162–165.


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