Europrotomus is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, true conches, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
| Europrotomus Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | †Europrotomus Kronenberg & Harzhauser, 2011 |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Europrotomus include:
- †Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884)
This genus was described by Gijs C. Kronenberg and Mathias Harzhauser in 2012 especially for the fossil species previously known as Strombus schroeckingeri.[1] That species existed during the Miocene in what is now Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.
References
edit- ^ Gijs C. Kronenberg and Mathias Harzhauser (2012). "Europrotomus (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Strombidae): a new Middle Miocene European strombid genus (Revision of Euprotomus Gill, 1870. Part 4)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 86 (2): 147–159. Bibcode:2012PalZ...86..147K. doi:10.1007/s12542-011-0121-1. S2CID 128742076.
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