Chemnitzia

Chemnitzia
Temporal range: Permian - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Chemnitzia
d'Orbigny,1839

Chemnitzia is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

According to the online database WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species), as of December 2011, some (but not all) of the species in this genus have been synonymized into the genus Turbonilla. The genus Chemnitzia itself and the subgenus Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) d'Orbigny, 1839 have been recognized as a synonym of Turbonilla.

Distribution

All of the species within this genus remain distributed throughout the Gulf of Thailand, particularly the northern portion of this area.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Permian period to the recent (about 259 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Europe, Australia, Japan, United States and Central America. [2]

Species

Fossil of Chemnitzia from Ladinian of Italy

Species in the genus Chemnitzia include:[1][2]

Species brought into synonymy:[1][3]

References

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