Nassarius prysmaticus is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nassariidae. [2][3]

Nassarius prysmaticus
Several fossil shells of Nassarius prysmaticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. prysmaticus
Binomial name
Nassarius prysmaticus
(Brocchi 1814)
Synonyms
  • Nassarius prismaticus (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Hinia prismatica [1]

These sea snails have been found as fossils in the Pliocene deposits of Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as in the Miocene of Belgium, Denmark and Germany (from 11.608 to 2.588 Ma).[4]

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