Pleurotomella esmeralda
| Pleurotomella esmeralda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pleurotomella |
| Species: | †P. esmeralda
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pleurotomella esmeralda Olsson, 1964
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Pleurotomella esmeralda is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1][2]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Ecuador; age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma.
References
[edit]- ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Database: Pleurotomella esmeralda
- ^ Sharpe, Ashley E.; Emery, Kitty F. (1 December 2015). "Differential animal use within three Late Classic Maya states: Implications for politics and trade". Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 40: 280–301. doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2015.09.003.
- Olsson, Axel Adolf. Neogene mollusks from northwestern Ecuador. Paleontological research institution, 1964.
External links
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