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Persististrombus radix

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Persististrombus radix
Temporal range: Oligocene
A view of the fossil shell of Persististrombus radix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Persististrombus
Species:
P. radix
Binomial name
Persististrombus radix
(Brongniart, 1823)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Strombus rugifer Fuchs, 1870
  • Strombus vialensis Fuchs, 1870

Persististrombus radix is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the conchs.[3]

Fossil record

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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]

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