Obornella

Obornella is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Obornella
Five views of a fossil shell of Obornella granulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Pleurotomarioidea
Family:
Pleurotomariidae
Genus:
Obornella

Cox, 1959

Species

Species within the genus Obornella include:

  • Obornella granulata
  • Obornella lakhaparensis
  • Orbornella plicopunctata
  • Obornella thompsonorum
  • Obornella granulata
  • Obornella laevigata

References
    • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 30(2):207-212. DOI:10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.07.016
    • Paleobiology database info
    • M. G. Harasewych and S. Kiel. 2007. Upper Jurassic Pleurotomariidae (Gastropoda) from southwestern Madagascar. The Nautilus 121(2):76-89


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