Persististrombus

Persististrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Persististrombus Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Persististrombus nodosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Persististrombus Kronenberg & Lee, 2007
Type species
Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822
Synonyms
Afristrombus Bandel, 2007 Thetystrombus Dekkers, 2008

Fossil record

Fossils of Persististrombus are found in marine strata from the Oligocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 28.4 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Europe, North and South America, Algeria, India, Indonesia, Libya, Somalia, Turkey and Iran.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Persististrombus include:

• †Persististrombus lapugyensis-exbonellii
• †Persististrombus aldrichi (Dall, 1890)
• †Persististrombus baltrae (Garcia-Talavera, 1993)
• †Persististrombus barrigonensis (Jung & Heitz, 2001)
• †Persististrombus chipolanus (Dall, 1890)
• †Persististrombus coronatus (DeFrance, 1827)
• Persististrombus granulatus (Swainson, 1822)
• †Persististrombus insulanus (Jung & Heitz, 2001)
• Persististrombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)
• †Persististrombus mardieae (Petuch, 2004)
• †Persististrombus nodosus (S. Borson, 1820)
• †Persististrombus obliteratus (Hanna, 1926)
• †Persististrombus radix (Brongniart, 1823)
• †Persististrombus toroensis (Jung & Heitz, 2001)

Gallery

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  Persististrombus coronatus
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  Persististrombus radix
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  Persististrombus granulatus

References

1. Persististrombus Kronenberg & Lee, 2007 . WoRMS (2009). Persististrombus. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531671 on 22 March 2011 .
2. Paleobiology Database Paleobiology Database

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