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Pseudocochlespira

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Pseudocochlespira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Pseudocochlespira
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Pseudocochlespira is a genus of extinct sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae. They were small to medium-sized, pagodiform in shape having a conical protoconch with 3.5 to 4.75 whorls.[1]

The genus is only known from the Paleogene of the North Sea Basin.

Species

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Species within the genus Pseudocochlespira include:

References

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  1. ^ a b Schnetler, Kai (15 September 2014). "A new Pseudocochlespira species (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Cochlespiridae) from the Gram Clay Formation (late Miocene, Tortonian) of Gram, Denmark". natuurtijdschriften.nl. Retrieved 2020-08-03.