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Protoma

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Protoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.

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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Protoma, and connects out to Mollusca, Europe and India.

It sits within the topics Extant Oligocene first appearances, Gastropod genera without authority reference and Monotypic gastropod genera.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
  5. FamilyTurritellidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
13
With media
2
Family
Turritellidae
Collections
PRI, UF, MNHN
Recorded in
Angola, South Africa, France, Germany, Belgium, Etats-Unis

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Turritellidae
Image
Turritellidae - Protoma cathedralis.JPG
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Protoma
Commons category
Protoma
start time
28400000-0
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • Extinct species
  • References

Protoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.

==Species== Extant species within the genus Protoma include: Protoma knockeri Baird, 1870 Species brought into synonymy: Protoma capensis (Krauss, 1848): synonym of Turritella capensis (Krauss, 1848)

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