Pleurotomella orthocolpa
Pleurotomella orthocolpa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Pleurotomella orthocolpa | |
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| Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella orthocolpa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pleurotomella |
| Species: | †P. orthocolpa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pleurotomella orthocolpa Cossmann, 1902 | |
Description
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata of Loire-Atlantique, France.
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References
- Cossmann (M.), 1919 Supplément aux mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, sér. 3, t. 5, p. 53-141
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