Volvarina gouetensis

Volvarina gouetensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Volvarina gouetensis
Shell of Volvarina gouetensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. gouetensis
Binomial name
Volvarina gouetensis
Le Renard & van Nieulande, 1985

Distribution

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

References

  1. Le Renard, J. & van Nieulande, F.A.D. (1985). Les Marginellidae (Gastropoda, Volutacea) de l'Eocène moyen du bassin de Nantes et du Cotentin (France). Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie. 22(1): 3-69.
  • Fischer, P.J. (1927) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pliozänfauna der Molukkeninseln Seran und Obi. Palaeontologie von Timor, 15(25), 1–184, pls. 1(212)–6(217).


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