Campanile auvertianum is a species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Campanilidae.
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| Fossil shell of Campanile auvertianum from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda
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| Species: | †C. auvertianum
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| †Campanile auvertianum (d'Orbigny, 1850)
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This species lived during the Eocene epoch, Bartonian age (from 38.0 to 41.3 Ma).[1][2]
Shells of Campanile auvertianum can reach a length of about 19–32 centimetres (7.5–12.6 in).[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Paléontologie Coquilles du Tertiaire français". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
- ^ a b International Fossil Shell Museum
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