Biology:Persististrombus radix
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
Persististrombus radix | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
†Persististrombus radix (Brongniart, 1823)
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Persististrombus radix is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the conchs.[3]
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.[4]
References
- Mathias Harzhauser and Gijs C. Kronenberg The Neogene Strombid Gastropod Persististrombus in the Paratethys Sea
Wikidata ☰ Q28432173 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persististrombus radix.
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