Crommium
Temporal range: Paleocene - Eocene
Fossil shell of Crommium ferrugineum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Ampullinidae
Genus: Crommium
Cossmann, 1888
Synonyms[1]
  • Amaurellina (Crommium) Cossmann, 1904 †

Crommium is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ampullinidae.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Crommium include:[2]

Fossils of the sea snails within this genus have been found in sediments of Europe, United States, Colombia, Somalia and Nigeria from Paleocene to Eocene (age range: 61.7 to 23.03 million years ago).[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Crommium Cossmann, 1888 †". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  2. ^ a b Fossilworks