Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis

Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis
Shell of Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	†Pseudolusitanops
Species:	†P. bulbiformis
Binomial name
†Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis (Lozouet, 1999)
Synonyms
† Lusitanops bulbiformis Lozouet, 1999

Description

More commonly known as the Lusitanops, the Pseudolusitanops bulbiformis was accepted as a species in the late 1900s. The only form of this creature remaining is fossils. The length of the shell attains 5.6 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.