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Protoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Turritellidae

Scientific name
  
Protoma

Higher classification
  
Protominae

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Subfamily
  
Protominae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Zeacolpus, Maoricolpus, Mesalia

Protoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.

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Species

Extant species within the genus Protoma include:

  • Protoma knockeri Baird, 1870
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Protoma capensis (Krauss, 1848): synonym of Turritella capensis (Krauss, 1848)

    • Extinct species

  • † Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856
  • † Protoma deshayesi d'Archiac 1850
  • † Protoma renevieri d'Archiac and Haime 1854
  • † Protoma retrodilatatum Vredenburg 1928
  • † Protoma rotifera Deshayes 1832
  • † Protoma sindiense Vredenburg 1928
  • † Protoma subrenevieri Vredenburg 1928

    • Fossils of sea snails within this genus have been found in sediments of Europe, South Africa, India, and Pakistan from Oligocene to Quaternary (age range: 28.4 to 0.012 million years ago).

    References

    Protoma Wikipedia
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