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| Genus: | † Purpuroidea Lycett, 1848 |
Purpuroidea is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.
Fossil record
These extinct sea snails lived between the Middle Triassic, Ladinian age (about 242 - 237 million years ago) and the Early Cretaceous, Turonian age (about 122 – 112 million years ago). [1][2] The fossils were found in Japan, Portugal, Ethiopia, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Tunisia, Austria, Hungary, Iran and United States.[3]
Species
Species within this genus include: [3]
- † Purpuroidea acatlana Alencaster and Buitron 1965
- † Purpuroidea applanata Kittl 1894
- † Purpuroidea cerithiformis Kittl 1894
- † Purpuroidea crassenodosa Kittl 1894
- † Purpuroidea praecursor Fischer et al. 2002
- † Purpuroidea rugosa Böhm 1895
- † Purpuroidea subcerithiformis Kittl 1894
See also
References
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