Pleurotomella grimmertingenensis

Pleurotomella grimmertingenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pleurotomella
Species:	†P. grimmertingenensis
Binomial name
	†Pleurotomella grimmertingenensis; Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016
Synonyms
	† Raphitoma grimmertingenensisR. Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016

Last updated November 12, 2025

Pleurotomella grimmertingenensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Belgium.

References

↑ [MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella grimmertingenensis Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=954621 on 2019-11-01]

Marquet R., Lenaerts J. & Laporte J. (2016). A systematic study of the Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Grimmertingen Sand Member (early Oligocene) in Belgium. Palaeontos. 29: 1-159

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[WoRMS-1] [MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella grimmertingenensis Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=954621 on 2019-11-01]

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