Asthenotoma meneghinii

Asthenotoma meneghinii is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurs in the Tortonian strata of the Upper Miocene near Sassuolo in the Northern Apennines, Italy

References

• Mayer, C. 1868. Description de coquilles fossiles des terrains tertiaires superieurs (suite). Journal de Conchyliogie. 16: 102–113.
• Gatto, R (1993), Pleurotoma meneghinii Mayer, 1868 (currently Asthenotoma meneghinii; Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed replacement of neotype by rediscovered lectotype; Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50 pp. 209–211