Genus of molluscs
Protoma
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Fossil of Protoma cathedralis
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Protoma
Baird, 1870
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Synonyms[1]
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- Protoma (Protomella)
- Protomella Thiele, 1929
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Protoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.[1]
Species
Extant species within the genus Protoma include:
- Species brought into synonymy
Extinct species
- † Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856
- † Protoma deshayesi d'Archiac 1850
- † Protoma renevieri d'Archiac and Haime 1854
- † Protoma retrodilatatum Vredenburg 1928
- † Protoma rotifera Deshayes 1832
- † Protoma sindiense Vredenburg 1928
- † Protoma subrenevieri Vredenburg 1928
Fossils of sea snails within this genus have been found in sediments of Europe, South Africa, India, and Pakistan from Oligocene to Quaternary (age range: 28.4 to 0.012 million years ago).[3]
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