Clinura calliope explained
Clinura calliope is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 27 mm and 42 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata of Tuscany, Italy; also in Lower Pliocene strata near Antibes, France, and in Pliocene strata in Málaga, Spain.
References
- Brocchi, Giambattista. Conchiologia fossile subapennina: con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Vol. 2. Stamp. Reale, 1814.
- Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179
- Vera-Peláez, José Luis. "Revisión de la familia Turridae, excepto Clavatulinae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) en el Plioceno de las cuencas de Estepona, Malaga y Velez Malaga (Malaga, S Espana) con la descripcion de 26 especies nuevas." Pliocenica, Publicaciones del Museo Municipal Paleontológico de Estepona 2 (2002): 176–262.
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_72908.shtml Gastropods.com: Clinura calliope