Biology:Pleurotomella orthocolpa
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
| Pleurotomella orthocolpa | |
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| Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella orthocolpa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pleurotomella |
| Species: | †P. orthocolpa
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| †Pleurotomella orthocolpa Cossmann, 1902
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Pleurotomella orthocolpa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata of Loire-Atlantique, France.
References
- Cossmann (M.), 1919 Supplément aux mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, sér. 3, t. 5, p. 53-141
Wikidata ☰ Q85793664 entry
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