Nassarius prysmaticus
Appearance
Nassarius prysmaticus | |
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Several fossil shells of Nassarius prysmaticus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | †N. prysmaticus
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Binomial name | |
†Nassarius prysmaticus (Brocchi 1814)
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Nassarius prysmaticus is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nassariidae. [2][3]
These sea snails have been found as fossils in the Pliocene deposits of Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as in the Miocene of Belgium, Denmark and Germany (from 11.608 to 2.588 Ma).[4]
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