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Campanile (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Campaniloidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Campanilidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Campanile giganteum, Campanile symbolicum, Cerithiidae, Architaenioglossa, Turritellidae

Campanile is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Campanilidae.

All species in this genus have become extinct, except Campanile symbolicum Iredale, 1917 from southwestern Australia. They used to flourish in the Tethys Sea and underwent a widespread adaptive radiation in the Cenozoic.

Species

Species within the genus Campanile include:

  • † Campanile auvertianum
  • † Campanile brookmani Cox 1930
  • † Campanile claytonense
  • † Campanile cornucopiae
  • † Campanile dilloni
  • † Campanile elongatum
  • † Campanile giganteum (Lamarck, 1804) - a gigantic fossil species from the Eocene
  • † Campanile gigas Martin 1881
  • † Campanile greenellum
  • † Campanile hebertianum
  • † Campanile houbricki
  • † Campanile parisiense
  • † Campanile paratum
  • Campanile symbolicum Iredale, 1917 - a living Australian species. This is the only extant species of Campanilidae.
  • † Campanile tchihatcheffi d’Archiac 1850
  • † Campanile trevorjacksoni Portell & Donovan, 2008 - a fossil species from the Eocene
  • † Campanile villaltai

    • References

    Campanile (gastropod) Wikipedia
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