Persististrombus radix Temporal range: Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A view of the fossil shell of Persististrombus radix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Persististrombus
Species:	†P. radix
Binomial name
†Persististrombus radix ( Brongniart, 1823)
Synonyms [1] [2]
Strombus rugifer Fuchs, 1870 Strombus vialensis Fuchs, 1870

Persististrombus radix is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the conchs. ^[3]

Fossil record

Fossils of Persististrombus radix are found in marine strata of the Oligocene (age range: from 28.4 to 23.03 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Bulgaria, France, Greece, India, Iran and Somalia. ^[4]

References

• Mathias Harzhauser and Gijs C. Kronenberg The Neogene Strombid Gastropod Persististrombus in the Paratethys Sea