Volvarina tumulensis
Appearance
Volvarina tumulensis | |
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Shell of Volvarina tumulensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
Genus: | Volvarina |
Species: | †V. tumulensis
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Binomial name | |
†Volvarina tumulensis Lozouet, 2019
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Volvarina tumulensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France.
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina sibuzatiana Lozouet, 2019 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337887 on 2023-09-14
- Lozouet P. (1998). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 5(3-4): 61–102.
- Lozouet P. (2019). Volutidae, Volutomitridae, Marginellidae, Cystiscidae et Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 20: 3–109. page(s): 27, pl. 19 figs 13-16