Pleurotomella orthocolpa
Pleurotomella orthocolpa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Pleurotomella orthocolpa | |
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Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella orthocolpa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Pleurotomella |
Species: | †P. orthocolpa |
Binomial name | |
†Pleurotomella orthocolpa Cossmann, 1902 | |
Description
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata of Loire-Atlantique, France.
References
- Cossmann (M.), 1919 Supplément aux mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, sér. 3, t. 5, p. 53-141
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