Pusillina kazakhstanica

Pusillina kazakhstanica is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Pusillina kazakhstanica
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoidae
Genus:
Pusillina
Species:
P. kazakhstanica
Binomial name
Pusillina kazakhstanica
Amitrov, 2010[1]

This species of snail existed in what is now Kazakhstan during the Eocene period. It was described by O. V. Amitrov in 2010.[1]

References
  1. Amitrov O. (2010). "Gastropods of rare families from the Tshegan Formation of Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal 44(4): 384-390. doi:10.1134/S0031030110040039.


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