Pleurotomella guespellensis

Pleurotomella guespellensis
	Shells of Pleurotomella guespellensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pleurotomella
Species:	†P. guespellensis
Binomial name
	†Pleurotomella guespellensis; (Cossmann, 1889)
Synonyms
	† Pleurotomella (Systenope) guespellensis(Cossmann, 1889)

Last updated November 07, 2025

Pleurotomella guespellensis 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 Eocene strata of Île-de-France, France.

References

↑ MNHN, Paris; Pleurotomella guespellensis

Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132

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[1] MNHN, Paris; Pleurotomella guespellensis

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Pleurotomella guespellensis

Shells of Pleurotomella guespellensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Pleurotomella
Species:	†P. guespellensis
Binomial name
†Pleurotomella guespellensis (Cossmann, 1889)
Synonyms
† Pleurotomella (Systenope) guespellensis(Cossmann, 1889)