Petaloconchus intortus

Petaloconchus intortus
Petaloconchus intortus (Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyptrus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vermetidae
Genus: Petaloconchus
Species:
P. intortus
Binomial name
Petaloconchus intortus
(Valenciennes, 1818)
Synonyms
  • † Serpula intorta Lamarck, 1818 (superseded original combination, and transfer to Mollusca)
  • † Vermilia intorta Lamarck, 1818 (superseded subsequent combination, and transfer to Mollusca)

Petaloconchus intortus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Southern France.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck, 1818) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440565 on 1 January 2022
  • Landau B.M., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 177–368.


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