Campanile cornucopiae

Campanile cornucopiae is a species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Campanilidae. This species lived during the Eocene epoch, from 56 to 33.9 million years ago.[1][2]

Campanile cornucopiae
Temporal range: Eocene
Fossil shell of Campanile cornucopiae from France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:
Campaniloidea
Family:
Campanilidae
Genus:
Campanile
Species:
†C. cornucopiae
Binomial name
†Campanile cornucopiae
Sowerby, 1818

The shells reached a length of about 50 millimetres (2.0 in).

References
  1. A Güngör. Etude des Espèces du Genre Archived 2015-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. MNHN


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