''Daphnella ponteleviensis'' is an extinct species of

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

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.MNHN, Paris: Daphnella ponteleviensis Cossmann, 1896
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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata of

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, France.

References

* Cossmann (M.), 1896 ''Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée'' (2ème livraison), p. 1-179 ponteleviensis Gastropods described in 1896 {{paleo-Daphnella-stub