Biology:Digitolabrum

Short description: Extinct genus of gastropods

Digitolabrum Temporal range: 40.4–37.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Aporrhaidae
Genus:	†Digitolabrum Cossmann, 1904
Species
†Digitolabrum abedi †Digitolabrum blaviensis †Digitolabrum elegans (Cuvillier, 1930) (syn. Chenopus elegans Cuvillier, 1930) †Digitolabrum gracilidigitatis †Digitolabrum princeps (Vasseur) †Digitolabrum zigni (de Gregorio, 1880)

Digitolabrum is an extinct genus of sea snails in the family Aporrhaidae. Most species are from the Eocene of France. D. abedi and D. elegans are from the Eocene of Egypt.

See also

• List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record

References

• Une nouvelle espèce de Digitolabrum (Gastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Rostellariidae) dans l’Éocène moyen du Bassin d’Aquitaine. Pacaud J.M., Ledon D. and Caze B., Cossmanniana, volume 13, pages 33–47, 2011
• Cuvillier (J.), 1930 - Révision du Nummulitique égyptien. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Egypte, t. 16, p. 1-372

External links

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• Digitolabrum elegans at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

Wikidata ☰ Q28432676 entry