''Obornella'' is a
genus of fossil
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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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 ...
mollusks in the family
Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomariidae, common name the "slit snails", is a family of large marine gastropods in the superfamily Pleurotomarioidea of the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is a very ancient lineage; there were numerous species in the geological pas ...
, the slit snails, (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Species
Species within the genus ''Obornella'' include:
* ''Obornella granulata''
* ''Obornella lakhaparensis''
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* ''Orbornella plicopunctata''
* ''Obornella thompsonorum''
File:Obornella granulata 01.JPG, '' Obornella granulata''
File:Obornella laevigata 01.JPG, '' Obornella laevigata''
References
* Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 30(2):207-212. DOI:10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.07.016
Paleobiology database info* M. G. Harasewych and S. Kiel. 2007. Upper Jurassic Pleurotomariidae (Gastropoda) from southwestern Madagascar. The Nautilus 121(2):76-89
Pleurotomariidae
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