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Cittarium maestratii

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Cittarium maestratii
Temporal range: Chattian[1]
Shell of Cittarium maestratii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Cittarium
Species:
C. maestratii
Binomial name
Cittarium maestratii
Lozouet, 2002[1]

Cittarium maestratii is an extinct species of a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.

It is known from Chattian, a stage of the Late Oligocene.[1]

Distribution

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St-Paul-Les-Dax, Aquitaine, France.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Lozouet, P. (2002). "First Record of The Caribbean Genus Cittarium (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) From The Oligocene of Europe and its Paleobiogeographic Implications". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (4). Paleontological Society: 767–770. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0767:frotcg>2.0.co;2. JSTOR 1307109.
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