Petaloconchus intortus

Petaloconchus intortus
Petaloconchus intortus (Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyptrus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Vermetoidea
Family:	Vermetidae
Genus:	Petaloconchus
Species:	P. intortus
Binomial name
† Petaloconchus intortus (Valenciennes, 1818)
Synonyms
† Serpula intorta Lamarck, 1818 (superseded original combination, and transfer to Mollusca) † Vermilia intorta Lamarck, 1818 (superseded subsequent combination, and transfer to Mollusca)

Petaloconchus intortus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Southern France.

References

• Landau B.M., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 177–368.

External links

• Lamarck, J.-B., 1818. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux..., Tome 5 (1818): 1–612.
• Encyclopedia of Life, Petaloconchus intortus http://eol.org/pages/4878345/names
• Fossilworks, Petaloconchus intortus http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=114784