Pleurotomella fragilis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Pleurotomella fragilis | |
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| Shell of † Pleurotomella fragilis, specimen at MNHN, Paris | |
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. fragilis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pleurotomella fragilis (Deshayes, 1834)
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Description
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Île-de-France, France.
References
edit- Brébion (P.), 1992 Quelques Cônes et Pleurotomes du Lutétien du Bassin de Paris. Cossmanniana, hors série, vol. 1, p. 1-25
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