Pleurotomella fragilis

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

Pleurotomella fragilis
Shell of † Pleurotomella fragilis, specimen at MNHN, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. fragilis
Binomial name
Pleurotomella fragilis
(Deshayes, 1834)

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Île-de-France, France.

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References

  • Brébion (P.), 1992 Quelques Cônes et Pleurotomes du Lutétien du Bassin de Paris. Cossmanniana, hors série, vol. 1, p. 1-25


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