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 | |
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| Shell of Volvarina gouetensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific 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
- 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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