Amaea bowerbankii

Amaea bowerbankii
Shell of † Amaea bowerbankii (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Amaea
Species:
†A. bowerbankii
Binomial name
†Amaea bowerbankii
(J. Morris, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • † Amaea (Coniscala) bowerbankii (J. Morris, 1852)
  • † Scalaria bowerbankii J. Morris, 1852 superseded combination

Amaea bowerbankii is an extinct species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.[1]

Description

(Original description) An elongated, turreted, moderately thick shell featuring nine to ten rounded, ventricose whorls. The shell is marked by 18 to 20 somewhat sharp, slightly oblique longitudinal ribs, with both the ribs and the intervening furrows finely transversely striated. The body whorl is distinctly carinated.

On the lower whorls, the ribs may become divided and more irregular compared to the more uniform ribs on the upper whorls.[2]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Paleogene strata of the Lower Thanet Sands (Great Britain) and Marne (department)Marne, France.

References

  1. ^ a b Amaea bowerbankii (J. Morris, 1852). 8 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Morris, J. (1852). "Description of some fossil shells frorn the Lower Thanet Sands". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 8: 266. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

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