Persististrombus

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Persististrombus

Persististrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Quick Facts Scientific classification, Type species ...
Persististrombus
Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
Thumb
Persististrombus nodosus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Persististrombus
Kronenberg & Lee, 2007
Type species
Strombus granulatus
Swainson, 1822
Synonyms
  • Afristrombus Bandel, 2007
  • Thetystrombus Dekkers, 2008
Close

Fossil record

Fossils of Persististrombus are found in marine strata from the Oligocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 28.4 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Europe, North and South America, Algeria, India, Indonesia, Libya, Somalia, Turkey and Iran.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Persististrombus include:

References

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.