Pleurotomella polycolpa

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

Pleurotomella polycolpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. polycolpa
Binomial name
Pleurotomella polycolpa
(Cossmann, 1889)

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata of Île-de-France, France.

References

  • Cossmann, Maurice. Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'eocène des environs de Paris... Vol. 4. 1889.


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