Trachelochetus desmius is an extinct species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clavatulidae. [1]
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| Shell of † Trachelochelus desmius (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | †Trachelochetus |
| Species: | †T. desmius
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| Binomial name | |
| †Trachelochetus desmius (Edwards, 1857)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Clavatula (Trachelochetus) desmia (Edwards, 1857) | |
Description edit
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Distribution edit
Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Hampshire, Great Britain
References edit
- Cossmann (M.), 1896 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179
- Wenz (W.), 1943 - Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Gastropoda, 6., p. 1201-1506 (
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