Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis
| Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis | |
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| Shell of Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudolusitanops |
| Species: | †P. bulbiformis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (Lozouet, 1999)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Lusitanops bulbiformis Lozouet, 1999 | |
Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description[edit]
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.
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Distribution[edit]
Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.
References[edit]
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- ^ 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
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