Pseudotoma
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Fossil shell of Acamptogenotia intorta | |
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Genus: | Acamptogenotia Rovereto, 1899
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Acamptogenotia is an extinct genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Turridae. [3]
Species
- Acamptogenotia alazana Cooke 1928 † [1][3]
- Acamptogenotia heilprini Aldrich 1885 † [1][3]
- Acamptogenotia intorta Brocchi 1814 † [1][4]
These sea snails lived in the Paleocene epoch of Denmark and Greenland, in the Eocene epoch of United States and in the Pliocene (Piacenzian age) of Italy, from 61.7 to 2.58 million years ago. [3][5]
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References
- Bouchet, P., J.-P. Rocroi, J. Frýda, B. Hausdorf, W. Ponder, Á. Valdés & A. Warén. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47 (1-2): 1-397.
- Powell, A. W. B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae: An evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 5: 1-184, pl. 1-23.