Viviparus carinifer Temporal range:
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Species: | †V. carinifer
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Viviparus carinifer is an extinct species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails. It lived between the Bathonian [2] and Bartonian [3] epochs; although it may have persisted into the Oligocene. [3]
V. carinifer is often found preserved in Purbeck Marble, [4] although it has also been found in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. [1]
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Viviparus carinifer Temporal range:
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Drawing of a shell of Viviparus carinifer from its type description. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
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Subfamily: | |
Genus: | |
Species: | †V. carinifer
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†Viviparus carinifer | |
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Viviparus carinifer is an extinct species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails. It lived between the Bathonian [2] and Bartonian [3] epochs; although it may have persisted into the Oligocene. [3]
V. carinifer is often found preserved in Purbeck Marble, [4] although it has also been found in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. [1]
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