Conomitra fusellina

Conomitra fusellina is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Volutomitridae.[1]

Conomitra fusellina
Shell of † Conomitra fusellina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Conomitra
Species:
†C. fusellina
Binomial name
†Conomitra fusellina
(Lamarck, 1803)
Synonyms
  • † Mitra fusellina Lamarck, 1803 superseded combination
  • Vexillum fusellinum (Lamarck, 1803)
  • Vexillum (Conomitra) fusellinum (Lamarck, 1803)

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Loire-Atlantique, France.

References
  1. MNHN, Paris: Conomitra fusellinum
  • Blondeau (A.), Brébion (P.), Buge (E.), Chevalier (J.-P.), Damotte (R.), Lauriat-Rage (A.), Le Calvez (Y.), Roman (J.), Ters (M.) & Viaud (J.-M.), 1982 - Le Lutétien supérieur de Pierre-Aiguë près de Saint-Aignan-Grand-Lieu (Loire-Atlantique). Bulletin du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, sér. 2, t. 1, vol. 1-2, p. 115-142
  • Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65-132.
  • Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de. (1803). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 2: 57-63; 163-169; 217-227]
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