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Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Persististrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Persististrombus Temporal range: | |
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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 | |
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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 within the genus Persististrombus include:
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