Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis

Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis
Shell of Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pseudolusitanops
Species:
P. bulbiformis
Binomial name
Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis
(Lozouet, 1999)
Synonyms

Lusitanops bulbiformis Lozouet, 1999

Description

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More commonly known as the Lusitanops, the Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis was accepted as a species in the late 1900s. The only form of this creature remaining is fossils. The length of the shell attains 5.6 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (Lozouet, 1999) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052256 on 2019-12-29
  • Lozouet P. (1999). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana. 6: 1-68.
  • Lozouet (P.), 2017 Les Conoidea de l’Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l’Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana, t. 19, p. 1-179