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Gemmula peyrerensis

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Gemmula peyrerensis
Shell of Gemmula peyrerensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. peyrerensis
Binomial name
Gemmula peyrerensis
(Peyrot, 1931)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma rotata var. peyrerensis Peyrot, 1931 (basionym)

Gemmula peyrerensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species have been found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gemmula peyrerensis (Peyrot, 1931) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056881 on 2021-01-25
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3–180.