Europrotomus Explained

Europrotomus is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, true conches, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

Species

Species within the genus Europrotomus include:

• †Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884)

This genus was described by Gijs C. Kronenberg and Mathias Harzhauser in 2012 especially for the fossil species previously known as Strombus schroeckingeri.^[1] That species existed during the Miocene in what is now Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.

Notes and References

1. Gijs C. Kronenberg and Mathias Harzhauser . 2012 . Europrotomus (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Strombidae): a new Middle Miocene European strombid genus (Revision of Euprotomus Gill, 1870. Part 4) . Paläontologische Zeitschrift . 86 . 2 . 147–159 . 10.1007/s12542-011-0121-1. 2012PalZ...86..147K . 128742076 .