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Pleurotomella grimmertingenensis

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Pleurotomella grimmertingenensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. grimmertingenensis
Binomial name
Pleurotomella grimmertingenensis
Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016
Synonyms

Raphitoma grimmertingenensis R. Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016

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

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Belgium.

References

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  1. ^ [MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella grimmertingenensis Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=954621 on 2019-11-01]
  • Marquet R., Lenaerts J. & Laporte J. (2016). A systematic study of the Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Grimmertingen Sand Member (early Oligocene) in Belgium. Palaeontos. 29: 1-159