Pleurotomella espisbosensis

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

Pleurotomella espisbosensis
Shell of † Pleurotomella espisbosensis (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. espisbosensis
Binomial name
Pleurotomella espisbosensis
Lozouet, 2015

Description

Distribution

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

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella espisbosensis Lozouet, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868159 on 2019-09-13
  • Lozouet P. (2015). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 5. Cossmanniana. 17: 15–84.


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