Persististrombus
| Persististrombus Temporal range:
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| Persististrombus nodosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Persististrombus Kronenberg & Lee, 2007 |
| Type species | |
| Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822
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Persististrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
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.[2]
Species[]
Species within the genus Persististrombus include:
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- † (Dall, 1890)
- † (Garcia-Talavera, 1993)
- † (Jung & Heitz, 2001)
- † (Dall, 1890)
- †Persististrombus coronatus (DeFrance, 1827)
- Persististrombus granulatus (Swainson, 1822)
- † (Jung & Heitz, 2001)
- Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
- † (Petuch, 2004)
- †Persististrombus nodosus (S. Borson, 1820)
- † (Hanna, 1926)
- †Persististrombus radix (Brongniart, 1823)
- † (Jung & Heitz, 2001)
Gallery[]
Persististrombus coronatus
Persististrombus radix
Persististrombus granulatus
References[]
- ^ Persististrombus Kronenberg & Lee, 2007. WoRMS (2009). Persististrombus. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531671 on 22 March 2011 .
- ^ Paleobiology Database Paleobiology Database
Categories:
- Strombidae
- Strombidae stubs