Gemmula peyrerensis

Gemmula peyrerensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Gemmula peyrerensis
Shell of Gemmula peyrerensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. peyrerensis
Binomial name
Gemmula peyrerensis
(Peyrot, 1931)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma rotata var. peyrerensis Peyrot, 1931 (basionym)

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula peyrerensis (Peyrot, 1931) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056881 on 2021-01-25
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3–180.


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