Pleurotomella protocostulata

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

Pleurotomella protocostulata
Whorls of the shell of † Pleurotomella protocostulata (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. protocostulata
Binomial name
Pleurotomella protocostulata
Lozouet, 2017

Distribution

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

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella protocostulata Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056623 on 2019-09-13


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