Protoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.[1]

Protoma
Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
Fossil of Protoma cathedralis
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Protoma

Baird, 1870
Synonyms[1]
  • Protoma (Protomella)
  • Protomella Thiele, 1929

Species

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Extant species within the genus Protoma include:

Species brought into synonymy

Extinct species

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  • Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856
  • Protoma deshayesi d'Archiac 1850
  • Protoma renevieri d'Archiac and Haime 1854
  • Protoma retrodilatatum Vredenburg 1928
  • Protoma rotifera Deshayes 1832
  • Protoma sindiense Vredenburg 1928
  • Protoma subrenevieri Vredenburg 1928

Fossils of sea snails within this genus have been found in sediments of Europe, South Africa, India, and Pakistan from Oligocene to Quaternary (age range: 28.4 to 0.012 million years ago).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Protoma Baird, 1870. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  2. ^ Protoma knockeri Baird, 1870. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  3. ^ Fossilworks
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg