Peracle charlotteae
Encyclopedia
Peracle charlotteae is an extinct species
of fossil
pelagic sea snail
, or "sea butterfly", a planktonic marine
gastropod mollusk in the family Peraclidae
.
This species existed in what is now Cyprus
during the Miocene
period. It was described by Arie W. Janssen and Crispin T. S. Little in 2010.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
pelagic sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, or "sea butterfly", a planktonic marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod mollusk in the family Peraclidae
Peraclidae
Peraclidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cymbulioidea.This family has no subfamilies ....
.
This species existed in what is now Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
during the Miocene
Miocene
The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
period. It was described by Arie W. Janssen and Crispin T. S. Little in 2010.