''Cyrillia georgesi'' is an extinct

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the

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Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia georgesi (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1471566 on 2021-07-18

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Lower

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References

* Ceulemans L., Van Dingenen F. & Landau B.M. (2018). ''The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire- Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (fine)''. Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 89-176 * Landau B.M., Van Dingenen F. & Ceulemans L. (2020). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 5. Conoidea. Cainozoic Research. 20(1): 3–107. georgesi Gastropods described in 2018 {{paleo-Raphitomidae-stub