Petaloconchus intortus
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| Petaloconchus intortus (Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyptrus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Vermetidae |
| Genus: | Petaloconchus |
| Species: | P. intortus
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| Binomial name | |
| Petaloconchus intortus (Valenciennes, 1818)
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Petaloconchus intortus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this species were found in Southern France.
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck, 1818) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440565 on 1 January 2022
- Landau B.M., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 177–368.
External links
[edit]- Lamarck, J.-B., 1818. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux..., Tome 5 (1818): 1–612.
- Encyclopedia of Life, Petaloconchus intortus http://eol.org/pages/4878345/names
- Fossilworks, Petaloconchus intortus http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=114784