Cittarium maestratii is an extinct species of a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.
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| Shell of Cittarium maestratii (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Cittarium |
| Species: | †C. maestratii
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| †Cittarium maestratii Lozouet, 2002[1]
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It is known from Chattian, a stage of the Late Oligocene.[1]
Distribution
editSt-Paul-Les-Dax, Aquitaine, France.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Lozouet, P. (2002). "First Record of The Caribbean Genus Cittarium (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) From The Oligocene of Europe and its Paleobiogeographic Implications". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (4). Paleontological Society: 767–770. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0767:frotcg>2.0.co;2. JSTOR 1307109.
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