Persististrombus radix
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| Persististrombus radix Brongniart 1823
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Persististrombus radix is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the conchs. [3]
Fossil record
Fossils of Persististrombus radix are found in marine strata of the Oligocene (age range: from 28.4 to 23.03 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Bulgaria, France, Greece, India, Iran and Somalia.[4]
References
- Mathias Harzhauser and Gijs C. Kronenberg The Neogene Strombid Gastropod Persististrombus in the Paratethys Sea