Biology:Crommium

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Short description: Extinct genus of gastropods

Crommium
Temporal range: Paleocene - Eocene
Naticidae - Crommium ferrugineum.JPG
Fossil shell of Crommium ferrugineum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Ampullinidae
Genus: Crommium
Cossmann, 1888
Synonyms[1]
  • Amaurellina (Crommium) Cossmann, 1904 †

Crommium is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ampullinidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Crommium include:[2]

  • Crommium andersoni Dickerson, 1914
  • Crommium angustatum Grateloup, 1828
  • Crommium ferrugineum (Great.)
  • Crommium globosa Perrilliat et al., 2006
  • Crommium hosgori Pacaud, 2016
  • Crommium intermedia Deshayes, 1832
  • Crommium masinguiensis Clark and Durham, 1946
  • Crommium palmasensis Clark and Durham, 1946
  • Crommium palmerae Clark and Durham, 1946
  • Crommium perovatum Conrad, 1846
  • Crommium pinyonensis Dickerson, 1914
  • Crommium pseudowillemeti Eames, 1952
  • Crommium rouaulti d'Archiac and Haime, 1854
  • Crommium willemettii Deshayes, 1825

Fossils of the sea snails within this genus have been found in sediments of Europe, United States , Colombia, Somalia and Nigeria from Paleocene to Eocene (age range: 61.7 to 23.03 million years ago).[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20065335 entry