Obornella

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Obornella
Obornella granulata 01.JPG
Five views of a fossil shell of Obornella granulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Obornella

Cox, 1959

Obornella is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Species[]

Species within the genus Obornella include:

  • Obornella granulata
  • Obornella lakhaparensis [1]
  • Orbornella plicopunctata
  • Obornella thompsonorum

References[]

  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 30(2):207-212. DOI:10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.07.016
  • Paleobiology database info
  • M. G. Harasewych and S. Kiel. 2007. Upper Jurassic Pleurotomariidae (Gastropoda) from southwestern Madagascar. The Nautilus 121(2):76-89


Retrieved from ""