Petrafixia koeneni is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Petrafixia koeneni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Petrafixia
Species:
P. koeneni
Binomial name
Petrafixia koeneni
(Cossmann & Lambert, 1884)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela koeneni (Cossmann & Lambert, 1884)
  • Fusus koeneni Cossmann & Lambert, 1884 (original combination)

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Rupélien strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Petrafixia koeneni (Cossmann & Lambert, 1884) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055873 on 2023-08-05
  • Cossmann (M.) & Lambert (J.), 1884 - Etude paléontologique et stratigraphique sur le terrain oligocène marin aux environs d'Etampes. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 1-187
  • Kantor (Y.), Lozouet (P.), Puillandre (N.) & Bouchet (P.), 2014 - Lost and found: The Eocene family Pyramimitridae (Neogastropoda) discovered in the Recent fauna of the Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa, t. 3754, vol. 3, p. 239-276
  • Lozouet P. (2015). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 5. Cossmanniana. 17: 15-84
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