''Pleurotomella fragilis'' is an extinct
species of
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 ...
, a marine
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 Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...
.
MNHN, Paris: Pleuromella fragilis
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Description
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Île-de-France, France.
References
* Brébion (P.), 1992 ''Quelques Cônes et Pleurotomes du Lutétien du Bassin de Paris.'' Cossmanniana, hors série, vol. 1, p. 1-25
External links
G.E. Deshayes (1834), Description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris
fragilis
Gastropods described in 1834
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