Volvarina tumulensis

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

Volvarina tumulensis
Shell of Volvarina tumulensis (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. tumulensis
Binomial name
†Volvarina tumulensis
Lozouet, 2019

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina sibuzatiana Lozouet, 2019 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337887 on 2023-09-14
  • Lozouet P. (1998). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 5(3-4): 61–102.
  • Lozouet P. (2019). Volutidae, Volutomitridae, Marginellidae, Cystiscidae et Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 20: 3–109. page(s): 27, pl. 19 figs 13-16


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