Biology:Persististrombus radix

Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Persististrombus radix Temporal range: Oligocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
A view of the fossil shell of Persististrombus radix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Persististrombus
Species:	†P. radix
Binomial name
†Persististrombus radix (Brongniart, 1823)
Synonyms
Strombus rugifer Fuchs, 1870 Strombus vialensis Fuchs, 1870

Persististrombus radix is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the conchs.

Fossil record

Fossils of Persististrombus radix are found in marine strata of the Oligocene (age range: from 28.4 to 23.03 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Bulgaria, France, Greece, India, Iran and Somalia.

References

• Mathias Harzhauser and Gijs C. Kronenberg The Neogene Strombid Gastropod Persististrombus in the Paratethys Sea

Wikidata ☰ Q28432173 entry