Gemmulopsis nigellensis
Appearance
Gemmulopsis nigellensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | †Gemmulopsis |
Species: | †G. nigellensis
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Binomial name | |
†Gemmulopsis nigellensis Tracey & Craig, 2019
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Gemmulopsis nigellensis is an extinct species of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this extinct species were found in late Lutetian Eocene strata of the Cotentin, northwest France.
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmulopsis Tracey & Craig, 2019 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1343372 on 2021-03-15
- Tracey S., Craig B. & Gain O. (2019). Turridae (Gastropoda, Conoidea) from the late Lutetian Eocene of the Cotentin, NW France: endemism through loss of planktotrophy?. Carnets de Voyages Paléontologiques dans le Bassin Anglo-Parisien. 5: 101–140.