Europrotomus

Europrotomus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: †Europrotomus
Kronenberg & Harzhauser, 2011

Europrotomus is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, true conches, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

Species

Species within the genus Europrotomus include:

This genus was described by Gijs C. Kronenberg and Mathias Harzhauser in 2012 especially for the fossil species previously known as Strombus schroeckingeri.[1] That species existed during the Miocene in what is now Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.

References

  1. ^ Gijs C. Kronenberg and Mathias Harzhauser (2012). "Europrotomus (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Strombidae): a new Middle Miocene European strombid genus (Revision of Euprotomus Gill, 1870. Part 4)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 86 (2): 147–159. Bibcode:2012PalZ...86..147K. doi:10.1007/s12542-011-0121-1. S2CID 128742076.


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