Biology:Crommium
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Short description: Extinct genus of gastropods
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| Fossil shell of Crommium ferrugineum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Ampullinidae |
| Genus: | †Crommium Cossmann, 1888 |
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Crommium is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ampullinidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Crommium include:[2]
- † Crommium andersoni Dickerson, 1914
- † Crommium angustatum Grateloup, 1828
- † Crommium ferrugineum (Great.)
- † Crommium globosa Perrilliat et al., 2006
- † Crommium hosgori Pacaud, 2016
- † Crommium intermedia Deshayes, 1832
- † Crommium masinguiensis Clark and Durham, 1946
- † Crommium palmasensis Clark and Durham, 1946
- † Crommium palmerae Clark and Durham, 1946
- † Crommium perovatum Conrad, 1846
- † Crommium pinyonensis Dickerson, 1914
- † Crommium pseudowillemeti Eames, 1952
- † Crommium rouaulti d'Archiac and Haime, 1854
- † Crommium willemettii Deshayes, 1825
Fossils of the sea snails within this genus have been found in sediments of Europe, United States , Colombia, Somalia and Nigeria from Paleocene to Eocene (age range: 61.7 to 23.03 million years ago).[2]
Crommium acutum
Crommium ponderosum
References
Wikidata ☰ Q20065335 entry
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