Petaloconchus intortus

Petaloconchus intortus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.^[1]

Petaloconchus intortus
Petaloconchus intortus (Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyptrus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Vermetidae
Genus:	Petaloconchus
Species:	P. intortus
Binomial name
Petaloconchus intortus (Valenciennes, 1818)
Synonyms
† Serpula intorta Lamarck, 1818 (superseded original combination, and transfer to Mollusca) † Vermilia intorta Lamarck, 1818 (superseded subsequent combination, and transfer to Mollusca)

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Southern France.