Campanile auvertianum

Campanile auvertianum is a species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Campanilidae.

Campanile auvertianum
Temporal range: Eocene
Fossil shell of Campanile auvertianum from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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C. auvertianum
Binomial name
Campanile auvertianum
(d'Orbigny, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Cerithium auversiense

This species lived during the Eocene epoch, Bartonian age (from 38.0 to 41.3 Ma).[1][2]

Shells of Campanile auvertianum can reach a length of about 19–32 centimetres (7.5–12.6 in).[1][2]

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