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Unedogemmula contigua

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Unedogemmula contigua
Shell of † Unedogemmula contigua (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Unedogemmula
Species:
U. contigua
Binomial name
Unedogemmula contigua
(G.B. Brocchi, 1814)
Synonyms

Gemmula (Unedogemmula) contigua (Brocchi, 1814)

Unedogemmula contigua is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 24 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata in Italy, Spain and Turkey; in Pliocene strata in Alpes-Maritimes, France.

References

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  • Brocchi, John the Baptist. Sub-Apennine fossil shellology with geological observations on the Apennines and on the adjacent soil by G. Brocchi... With sixteen copper plates. Volume one [-second]: 1 . Royal Printing House, 1814.
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