Persististrombus radix
Persististrombus radix is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the conchs.[3]
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| A view of the fossil shell of Persististrombus radix | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Persististrombus |
| Species: | †P. radix |
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| †Persististrombus radix (Brongniart, 1823) | |
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Fossil record
Fossils of Persististrombus radix are found in marine strata of the Oligocene (age range: from 28.4 to 23.03 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Bulgaria, France, Greece, India, Iran and Somalia.[4]
References
- Mathias Harzhauser and Gijs C. Kronenberg The Neogene Strombid Gastropod Persististrombus in the Paratethys Sea
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