Pleurotomella verticicostata

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

Pleurotomella verticicostata
Shell of † Pleurotomella verticicostata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. verticicostata
Binomial name
Pleurotomella verticicostata
Brébion, 1992

Distribution

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

References

  • Brébion (P.), 1992 Quelques Cônes et Pleurotomes du Lutétien du Bassin de Paris. Cossmanniana, hors série, vol. 1, p. 1-25


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