Pleurotomella spinosa explained

Pleurotomella spinosa 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 Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

• Lozouet P. (2015). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 5. Cossmanniana. 17: 15–84.

External links

• MNHN, Paris: holotype

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella spinosa Lozouet, 2015 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868160 on 2019-09-13