Tessarolax
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Tessarolax Temporal range: Cretaceous to Paleocene | |
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Genus: | Tessarolax Gabb, 1868 [1] |
Tessarolax is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae. The fossil shells of these snails are found in Cretaceous to Paleocene deposits in Europe, North America, and Madagascar.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 112
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 122)
- Tessarolax in the Paleobiology Database
- Stromboidea.de info