Biology:Pleurotomella bateroensis

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Pleurotomella bateroensis
Pleurotomella bateroensis 002.jpg
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella bateroensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. bateroensis
Binomial name
Pleurotomella bateroensis
Lozouet, 1999

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

  • Lozouet P. (1999). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana. 6: 1-68.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q67472101 entry