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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:
Campaniloidea
Family:
Campanilidae
Genus:
Campanile
Species:
†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]

References
  1. "Paléontologie Coquilles du Tertiaire français". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  2. International Fossil Shell Museum


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