Zebinella cochlearina is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

Zebinella cochlearina
Shell of Zebinella cochlearina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
Species:
Z. cochlearina
Binomial name
Zebinella cochlearina
(Meunier, 1880)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rissoina cochlearina Meunier, 1880 (Basionym, taxon does not belong to Rissoina)
  • Rissoina planicosta Von Koenen, 1892 (Zebinella raised to full genus)
  • Zebinella planicosta (Von Koenen, 1892) (Junior synonym)

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Île-de-France, France.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zebinella cochlearina (Meunier, 1880) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883508 on 2023-10-29
  • Janssen, R. (1978). Die Mollusken des Oberoligozäns (Chattium) im Nordsee-Becken. 1. Scaphopoda, Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 109: 137-227; plates 9-14.
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