Clavatula pyramidum

Clavatula pyramidum is an extinct species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clavatulidae. [1]

Clavatula pyramidum
Shell of † Clavatula pyramidum (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clavatula
Species:
C. pyramidum
Binomial name
Clavatula pyramidum
Cuvillier, 1933

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Egypt.

References
  1. MNHN, Paris: Clavatula pyramidum
  • Cuvillier (J.), 1933 - Nouvelle contribution à la paléontologie du nummulitique égyptien. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Égypte, t. 22, p. 1-76
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