Tessarolax
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Extinct genus of gastropods
| Tessarolax | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Aporrhaidae |
| 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
Categories:
- Aporrhaidae
- Cretaceous gastropods
- Paleocene gastropods
- Cretaceous animals of Africa
- Cretaceous molluscs of Europe
- Cretaceous animals of North America
- Paleocene animals of Africa
- Paleocene animals of Europe
- Paleocene animals of North America
- Cretaceous genus first appearances
- Maastrichtian genera
- Danian genera
- Paleocene genus extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1868
- Prehistoric mollusc stubs