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Persististrombus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Stromboidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Strombidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Persististrombus latus, Persististrombus coronatus, Euprotomus, Margistrombus, Stromboidea

Persististrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

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Fossil record

Fossils of Persististrombus are found in marine strata from the Oligocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 28.4 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Europe, North and South America, Algeria, India, Indonesia, Libya, Somalia, Turkey and Iran.

Species

Species within the genus Persististrombus include:

  • †Persististrombus lapugyensis-exbonellii
  • †Persististrombus aldrichi (Dall, 1890)
  • †Persististrombus baltrae (Garcia-Talavera, 1993)
  • †Persististrombus barrigonensis (Jung & Heitz, 2001)
  • †Persististrombus chipolanus (Dall, 1890)
  • †Persististrombus coronatus (Defrance, 1827)
  • Persististrombus granulatus (Swainson, 1822)
  • †Persististrombus insulanus (Jung & Heitz, 2001)
  • Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • †Persististrombus mardieae (Petuch, 2004)
  • †Persististrombus nodosus (S. Borson, 1820)
  • †Persististrombus obliteratus (Hanna, 1926)
  • †Persististrombus radix (Brongniart, 1823)
  • †Persististrombus toroensis (Jung & Heitz, 2001)

    • References

    Persististrombus Wikipedia
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