Biology:Parafossarulus priscillae

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Parafossarulus priscillae
Temporal range: Pliocene–Early Pleistocene
Scientific classification
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Gastropoda
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P. priscillae
Binomial name
Parafossarulus priscillae
(Girotti, 1972)[1]
Synonyms

Neumayria priscillae Girotti, 1972 Bithynia (Parafossarulus) priscillae (Girotti, 1972)

Parafossarulus priscillae is an extinct species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Glöer (2002)[2] reassigned two European extinct species of Parafossarulus to a subgenus of the genus Bithynia, but the genus Parafossarulus is generally accepted for Asian species.

Distribution

The (fossil) distribution of this species includes:

  • Italy
  • France
  • the Netherlands
  • England

References

  1. Girotti O. (1972). "Il genre Neumayria Stefani 1877 (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia)". Geologica Romana 11 115-136, page 122, fig. 5-13.
  2. Glöer P. (2002). Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ISBN:3-925919-60-0, page 190-194.

Wikidata ☰ Q7134549 entry