Zeidora virodunensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]

Zeidora virodunensis
Shell of Zeidora virodunensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Zeidora
Species:
Z. virodunensis
Binomial name
Zeidora virodunensis
Lozouet, 1999

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 3.2 mm.

Distribution edit

Fossils of this marine species were found in the Landes, France.

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zeidora virodunensis Lozouet, 1999 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832279 on 2023-11-08
  • 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.