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Pleurotomella esmeralda

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Extinct species of gastropod

Pleurotomella esmeralda
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. esmeralda
Binomial name
†Pleurotomella esmeralda
Olsson, 1964

Pleurotomella esmeralda is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Ecuador; age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma.

References

  1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Database: Pleurotomella esmeralda
  2. Sharpe, Ashley E.; Emery, Kitty F. (1 December 2015). "Differential animal use within three Late Classic Maya states: Implications for politics and trade". Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 40: 280–301. doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2015.09.003.
  • Olsson, Axel Adolf. Neogene mollusks from northwestern Ecuador. Paleontological research institution, 1964.

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Taxon identifiers
Pleurotomella esmeralda


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