Pleurotomella orthocolpa explained

Pleurotomella orthocolpa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata of Loire-Atlantique, France.

References

• Cossmann (M.), 1919 Supplément aux mollusques éocèniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, sér. 3, t. 5, p. 53-141

Notes and References

1. https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/j04882?listIndex=3&listCount=3 MNHN, Paris; Pleurotomella orthocolpa