Pleurotomella megapex is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pleurotomella |
| Species: | †P. megapex
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pleurotomella megapex Lozouet, 1999
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Description edit
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Distribution edit
Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella megapex Lozouet, 1999 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056621 on 2019-09-12
- Lozouet P. (1999). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana. 6: 1-68.
External links edit
- Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3-180
- MNHN, Paris: holotype
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