Pleurotomella insignifica

Pleurotomella insignifica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Pleurotomella insignifica
Original image of a shell of †Pleurotomella insignifica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. insignifica
Binomial name
Pleurotomella insignifica
(Heilprin, 1879)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma insignifa Heilprin, 1879

Description edit

(Original description) The fusiform shell shows prominent revolving lines below the middle of the whorl. The spire is elevated. The shell contains about five angular whorls. The siphonal canal is short, obliquely curved. The aperture is contracted.[2]

Distribution edit

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Alabama, USA.

References edit

  1. ^ MNHN, Paris: Pleurotomella insignifica
  2. ^ Heilprin, Angelo (1879). "On Some New Eocene Fossils from the Claiborne Marine Formation of Alabama". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 31 (2): 211–216. JSTOR 4060324.