Pleurotomella eomargaritata

Pleurotomella eomargaritata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Pleurotomella eomargaritata
Shell of † Pleurotomella eomargaritata (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. eomargaritata
Binomial name
Pleurotomella eomargaritata
Lozouet, 2015

Distribution

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

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella eomargaritata Lozouet, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868163 on 2019-09-13
  • Lozouet P. (2015). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 5. Cossmanniana. 17: 15–84.


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