Campanile auvertianum

Campanile auvertianum
Temporal range: Eocene
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
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Campaniloidea
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. 1 2 Paléontologie Coquilles du Tertiaire français
  2. 1 2 International Fossil Shell Museum


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