Campanile auvertianum

Campanile auvertianum
Temporal range:
Fossil shell of Campanile auvertianum from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Campanilidae
Genus: Campanile
Species:
C. auvertianum
Binomial name
Campanile auvertianum
(d'Orbigny, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Cerithium auversiense

Campanile auvertianum is a species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Campanilidae.

This species lived during the Eocene epoch, Bartonian age (from 38.0 to 41.3 Ma).[1][2]

Shells of Campanile auvertianum can reach a length of about 19–32 centimetres (7.5–12.6 in).[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Paléontologie Coquilles du Tertiaire français". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  2. ^ a b International Fossil Shell Museum


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