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Asthenotoma meneghinii

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Asthenotoma meneghinii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Asthenotoma
Species:
A. meneghinii
Binomial name
Asthenotoma meneghinii
(Mayer, 1868)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma meneghinii Mayer, 1868 (original combination)

Asthenotoma meneghinii is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species occurs in the Tortonian strata of the Upper Miocene near Sassuolo in the Northern Apennines, Italy

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (1970). Asthenotoma meneghinii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867978 on 2016-02-08